OrCAD
OrCAD is a proprietary software tool suite used primarily for electronic design automation (EDA). The software is used mainly by electronic design engineers and electronic technicians to create electronic schematics and electronic prints for manufacturing printed circuit boards.
The name OrCAD is a portmanteau, reflecting the company and its softwares origins: Oregon + CAD.
Orcad Cadence Installation Steps by Steps :-
- Insert 1st CD Automatically Run, as below menu will pop up and move mouse pointer to “Install Software” Button and Click
- Wait till the License Agreement Menu Pop up move mouse pointer to “I accept the terms of license agreement” click up one time to enable and and then click on “Next” button
- After Installation Option menu pop up and click on “Set Up Licensing” button. !!!!!No need to fill any thing, when installation of Set Up licensing complete!! Then just leave the menu and do not continue any installation
- Explore CD1 in CD-Rom Drvie and Copy the license_manager folder to replace destination
Source F:\SHooTERS\License_Manager
Destination: C:\OrCAD\License_Manager - Run the setup as itemes 1-2 and again choose the first option again and on the second button
click “brown” to specify the license file to: C\OrCAD\License_Manager\Orcad16.lic
Click the next button,you’ll get an error,click OK and exit the setup without installing orcad.
Click “OK” button to go back and click “ Cancel” button
Click “Yes” button to leave installation - Right Mount Click on “My Computer” Icon and choose “Properties” The system Properties menu will pop up and click on” Computer Name” too bar and then you will know your full computer name. copy this name without the last dot.
- Run step 1-2 again but next step click “Install Products” button As below menu will pop up
and fill up the Port Number :5280 and Host Name: Your computer’s name and click “Next”
button.
Leave Bank on CONTROL FILE and click “Next” button
Click “Select All” button This will help Orcad_16.0_Patcher.exe on the last step to work fine.
And click “Next” button to continue installation
Wait till the installation ask for 2nd CD Rom, push the 1st CD Rom off and inset 2nd CD Rom instead of and continue installation until complete. - After installation finished, Find your orcad16.lic file in the license manager folder right click on “Orcad16.lic” and Edit it
Locate “this-host” in the first line
Replace with “Your computer ‘s name”
Save and Exit it!!!!! - Click “Start” -----“All Program” ------“Candence License Manager” and Run “License Manager
Tool” Click “Brown” on Path to the license file. This are using License.dat file which is not the
license we need and locate it to C:Orcad\License_Manager\Orcad16.lic and then Click “Save
Sevice” button
Click the “Start/Stop/Reread” Tool bar and click “Start Server” until see “Start Server Successful” if indicated some servr is running then click “Stop Server” first before start server and the below of tool bar and then click “Reread License File” button until see ” Using License File C:\Orcad\License_Manager\orcad16.lic” and then Close “LMTools” If you found” Reread file failed” then click “Service/License File” too bare. Enable “LMTools ignores license file path environment variables” and go over to items 9. - Explore Orcad 1st CD and find “Orcad_16.0_Patcher.exe” in Shooter Folder. Double click on
it to run. This menu will pop up.
Enable Bacpkup the files that will be modified and click update, wait until progress bar complete and see text file PatchWise.log will pop up as below: - Run Orcad 16.0 can be any Orcad software. If the message as below: locate directory as below:
Find RWUXThemeS.dll and RWUXThemeSU.dll from C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_16.0\tools\bin and copy both files to Destination C:\WINDOWS\system32
Now you are ready for ORCAD 16.0?????