[sdiy] Orcad Question

[Jim Patchell]

I use orcad...what he says is correct....seems like a pain...maybe...but 
it makes a lot of sense from a schematic/PCB layout standpoint.

Vesa Lahteenmaki wrote:
>> Does anyone know how I make a symbol with two pins tied together?
>>
>> I've got an illuminated pushbutton here, which I'm trying to make a
>> symbol for. It has 6 legs, 2 for the LED, and 4 for the switch. Each
>> side of the switch has two pins, presumably to make PCB layout easier.
>>
>> I can build a package with two parts in it (LED and switch) but I
>> don't know how to make orcad understand that the pairs of connections
>> for the switch are really the same thing - I don't want to be having
>> to tell it that the other pin is NC for each individual switch if I
>> don't have to.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
> 
> I have no experience about Orcad, but most likely you will need to add a symbol pin for every component leg.  So you will have to connect these pins in the schematic even when are already connected in the real component.  
> 
> Mentor Expedition which I use at the work, can have a single pin in schematic and multiple pads in layout.  For example we are using a large capacitor which has 6 + 6 legs, the schematic symbol needs just 1 + 1 pins.
> 
> Vesa
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