Appendix C: Custom Title Blocks

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1 Appendix C: Custom Title Blocks Setting up Custom Title Blocks OrCAD Capture includes a title block template that enables you to customize the following items: Company name and address <OrgName>, <OrgAddr#> Company logo (Place Picture) Design title <Title> Number of pages or sheets <Page Number>, <Page Count> Revision number <Rev> Date created <Page Create Date> Date modified <Page Modify Date> The graphic below shows a title block and company logo before name and address property values are customized. OrCAD Capture libraries provide a number of title block symbols that you can use in schematics. However, if none of them meets your needs, you can create your own title block symbol. More Information The information in a title block is defined using properties. Some of these properties define your company name and address, while other properties store design related information. EMA Design Automation 433

2 It is common to copy a title block symbol from an OrCAD Capture-supplied library, modify it, and save it to your company library. The OrCAD Capture-supplied title blocks are stored in the CAPSYM.OLB library. This library is located in your software installation hierarchy (for example, <install_dir> \tools\capture\library). Reserved Title Block Properties The OrCAD Capture tool supports a set of reserved title block properties. When added to a title block symbol, these properties can reference information maintained in the OrCAD Capture design or data specified in the Title Block tab of the Design Template. Those that are required to match the Design Template have an ( * ) beside them. Only add to the Title Block those properties YOU need to match the YOUR Design Template requirements. The following table describes each of the reserved title block properties. Property Name Description Cage Code * Design Create Date and Time Government contract ID Self-explanatory. Design File name Path and file name of the design file. Design Modify Date and Time Self-explanatory. Design Name Doc * Name Self-explanatory. Document number. Name of the title block symbol. EMA Design Automation 434

3 OrgAddr1 * OrgAddr2 * OrgAddr3 * OrgAddr4 * Represent the first line of your company address, through the fourth line of your address (if applicable). OrgName * Page Count Page Create Date and Time Company name. Number of pages in the design. Self-explanatory. Page Modify Date and Time Self-explanatory. Page Number Page Size Path Name RevCode * Schematic Create Date and Time Schematic Modify Date and Time Number of the schematic page. Determines the order in which it will be printed. Size of the schematic page. Path from the root design, through any hierarchical blocks, down to a specific part on a schematic page. The revision. Self-explanatory. A design may contain more than one schematic. Self-explanatory. Schematic Page Count Number of pages in a given schematic. Schematic Page Number Order of the page within the schematic. Schematic Path Source Library Symbol Library Path from the root design, through any hierarchical blocks, down to a specific schematic page. Path and name of the library from which the title block was chosen. Name of the title block symbol in the Source library. EMA Design Automation 435

4 Title * Title for the design. Template Title Block Data to Design Title Block In OrCAD Capture, data values can automatically populate fields of the Title Block. However, to reference information in this way the property values in the title block symbol located in the design schematic must be left null. Title Block Placement Techniques There are two ways data content is entered into the title block. As illustrated in the following graphic, data is either automatically entered from the design template or manually entered into the title block symbol. Company logos are always manually entered into the title block symbol as a bit-map or.bmp file,.tif,.jpg,.gif,.png files using the Place - Picture command. EMA Design Automation 436

5 Two Methods of Customizing Title Block Data Design Te mplate Schematic Title Address Doc Number Title Block Symbol Library Pathname Title Block Name Title Address Doc Number Automatic customizingof specified title block data occurs when data is seeded from the design template. Design Te mplate Schematic Title Block Symbol Title Address Doc Number Title Address Doc Number Manual customizingof the title block data occurs when data is entered into the title block symbol. EMA Design Automation 437

6 Lab C-1: Creating a Custom Title Block Lab Objectives After you complete this lab you will be able to: Add reserved title block properties Add a company logo to a title block Specify default title block properties Adding Reserved Title Block Properties 4. From the Project Manager, Library folder, double click the item named TitleBlock0 in TRNG.OLB. The title block symbol appears. Notice that the symbol already contains properties for title, revision, document number; modify date, page number and page count. 5. Select Options - Part Properties. 6. In the User Properties menu, click New. The New Property dialog box appears. EMA Design Automation 438

7 7. Add the reserved property OrgName, as shown in the next figure. You must enter this case sensitive property name exactly as shown in the training manual. In order for this property to reference data in the design template, you must leave the Value field blank. 8. Click OK. 9. With the OrgName property highlighted, click the Display button in the User Properties dialog box. 10. Set the display for the OrgName property to Value Only, as shown in the example below. 11. Click OK. 12. In the User Properties window, click New again. 13. Add the OrgAddr1 through OrgAddr3 properties or as many as will match your Design Template. Do not add properties you will not need. Normally, you would only add as many OrgAddr properties as you need for your company address. Be sure to leave the Value field blank. EMA Design Automation 439

8 14. Set the Display for all OrgAddr properties to Value Only. 15. In the User Properties window, click New again. 16. Add the Cage Code property and leave the Value field blank. 17. Set the Display to Value Only. 18. When you are finished, click OK in the User Properties window. The newly added properties appear at the lower right of the title block symbol, similar to the example shown in the following graphic. 19. Enlarge the upper rectangle of the title block to accommodate these properties. Select and drag the properties into their proper locations within the title block, as shown in the example below. EMA Design Automation 440

9 20. Select File - Save. For hierarchical designs, we recommend adding the Schematic Path property to title block symbols. This ensures that every page in the design displays a path showing its relative position in the hierarchy. Adding a Company Logo The logo must be a graphics file saved as a bitmap (.BMP extension). 1. Select Place - Picture. 2. In the Place Picture window, navigate to the D:\EMA_Training\Capture directory, select the EMA.bmp file, and click Open. The logo attaches to the cursor. 3. Click to place the logo below the title block image. 4. Click on the logo image, and use the corner selection boxes to resize the logo and place within the title block image as shown below. EMA Design Automation 441

10 5. File - Save and File - Close the title block symbol. 6. In the Project Manager window, click TRNG.OLB and select File - Save. 7. Close the library. Specifying Default Title Block Content 1. In the main session window, select Options - Design Template. 2. In the Design Template window, click the Title Block tab. 3. Add the title block data as shown in the following example or add your own company name and address. EMA Design Automation 442

11 4. Click the browser button to the right of the Library Name field, and navigate to the D:\EMA_Training\Capture directory. 5. Select the TRNG.OLB library file and click Open. 6. In the Title Block Name field, enter: TitleBlock0 7. Click OK. Testing the Title Block To test your title block symbol and the Design Template information you just specified, you must create a new design. 1. Select File - New - Design. 2. If prompted to select a directory location, navigate to the D:\EMA_Training \Capture directory and click OK. 3. When the new schematic page opens, click the Zoom to all icon to see if your title block appears on the new page. It should resemble the following example. EMA Design Automation 443

12 4. Close the schematic window. 5. Select File - Close. If the Title Block did not appear on the open page, check the title block settings in the Design Template and make sure that the Library Name and path, and Title Block Name are correct. Make the necessary changes, and create another new design. EMA Design Automation 444