Starting with OrCAD and Cadence Allegro PCB - Tutorial for Beginners

Learn the fundamentals of OrCAD and Cadence Allegro PCB design in this comprehensive tutorial for beginners. Start with creating a new project and progress through symbol creation for resistors, LEDs, and connectors. Master footprint design, including through-hole and SMD pads, and VIAs. Dive into schematic drawing, component placement, and PCB layout techniques. Explore essential processes such as netlist generation, board outline creation, and rule setup. Gain practical skills in working with layers, views, and synchronizing changes between PADs, footprints, and PCB. Conclude with DRC checks, Gerber generation, drill file creation, and producing BOMs and schematics. Perfect for those looking to kickstart their journey in PCB design using OrCAD and Cadence Allegro tools.

- Introduction: What you are going to learn
- Starting a new project
- Creating Resistor Symbol
- Creating LED Symbol
- Creating Connector Symbol
- Creating Through hole pad
- Creating SMD pad
- Creating VIA
- Creating Resistor Footprint
- Creating Footprint for LED
- Creating Connector Footprint
- Assign footprints to symbols
- Placing components and Drawing Schematic
- Annotating Schematic
- How to update symbol ans sync schematic
- Generating Netlist
- Starting New PCB
- Placing components in PCB
- Creating Board Outline
- Setting up Rules
- Doing Layout
- Adding Text
- Moving tracks and placing components on the bottom layer
- Working with Layers and Views
- How to sync changes in PADs and Footprints with PCB
- Adjusting LED Footprint
- Checking DRC and Generating Gerbers
- Generating Drill File
- Printing Layers
- Generating BOM, Printing Schematic