Company Part Number

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To configure the Company Part Number

1.With the CIP > Settings... menu open, enter/update the Company Part Number with the part number that your design files use. This will be used with the right-click (RMB) menu More... > CIP: Open Part from a selected part on the design. This will be set to PART_NUMBER by default, to match the default CIP PART_NUMBER field's Display Name.

CIP > Settings

CIP > Settings

 

Admin-Configuration-TransferToDesign

a.If your CIP Transfer Fields option is set to OrCAD CIS DBC AND you alias the PART_NUMBER in your CIS .DBC file, you'll need to enter the same alias here in Company Part Number.

Aliased PART_NUMBER in CIS

Aliased PART_NUMBER in CIS

b.If your CIP Transfer Fields option is set to either CIP option (OrCAD Using CIP or CIP and System Capture) AND you alias the CIP PART_NUMBER, you'll need to enter the same alias here in Company Part Number.

Aliased PART_NUMBER in CIP

Aliased PART_NUMBER in CIP

2.Click OK to save the settings.

3.You can open CIP and view a part from an open schematic design page. Open a part in CIP from the schematic active page by right-clicking (RMB) inside an open schematic design page and selecting More... > CIP: Open Part. This will open a CIP tab (named CIP: <PART_NUMBER>) with the part number displayed. The tab that opens will behave like a regular CIP page so you can perform other standard CIP actions inside it, or you may close it.

Note: This feature requires OrCAD Capture and the CIP Client plugin. It is not available when using the System Capture plugin.
Open Part in CIP from RMB on an Open Schematic Page

Open Part in CIP from RMB on an Open Schematic Page

CIP tab shows the part in CIP

CIP tab shows the part in CIP