PCB Libraries Forum : Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:24:07 +0000 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 04:58:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2060 <![CDATA[PCB Libraries Forum]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/forum_images/PCBLForumLogo.gif https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : Sry Tom, I didn&#039;t catch what...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8635.html#8635 Author: BennsPCB
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Posted: 24 Feb 2017 at 4:58am

Sry Tom, I didn't catch what V2016 5 had to do with this??

Facts:  Library Expert V2016 14 and OrCAD 17.2 S013 is a non-working combination.
I guess an upgrade of LE is inevitable or else the tool is useless.

This puts me (as a consultant) in an awkward position as I suggested LE in the first place.
(well, at least it affects no poor Wink )

Cheers, ...
/Benn
]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2017 04:58:32 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8635.html#8635 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : All of the Allegro/OrCAD PCB issues...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8623.html#8623 Author: Tom H
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Posted: 22 Feb 2017 at 8:10am

All of the Allegro/OrCAD PCB issues were resolved in the V2017.08 release.

We stopped supporting V2016 5 months ago.

]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2017 08:10:49 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8623.html#8623 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : Have tried LE 2016.14 and OrCAD...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8622.html#8622 Author: BennsPCB
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Posted: 22 Feb 2017 at 8:06am

Have tried LE 2016.14 and OrCAD 17.2 S013 but still it does not work properly.
Tested with a THD connector
The non-plated padstack and comp-graphics works but the plated padstack doesn't (and thus doesn't populate the footprint).

Cheers, ...
/B
]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2017 08:06:21 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8622.html#8622 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : OK, so neither OrCAD nor LE supports...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8618.html#8618 Author: BennsPCB
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Posted: 21 Feb 2017 at 12:35pm

OK, so neither OrCAD nor LE supports regoinal setting such as decimal comma.
Not so impressive, but still preferable compared to non working tools.

Cheers, ...
/Benn
]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:35:29 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8618.html#8618 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : Hi all,I just tried hotfix17.2s013,...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8616.html#8616 Author: jpderuiter
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Posted: 20 Feb 2017 at 1:36am

Hi all,

I just tried hotfix 17.2s013, and I can confirm that this hotfix fixes this issue.
Apparently they reverted back to fixed dot as decimal seperator.
]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2017 01:36:08 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8616.html#8616 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : One of the customers put in...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8614.html#8614 Author: chrisa_pcb
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Posted: 15 Feb 2017 at 12:39pm

One of the customers put in a ticket on this a bit ago and received an email that Cadence is working on the comma issue for S013 and that they expect the fix to be available like Feb 18th or 19th.

So we'll see what they come up with before doing anything.
]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:39:20 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8614.html#8614 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : It seems that OrCAD padstack editor...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8611.html#8611 Author: BennsPCB
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Posted: 15 Feb 2017 at 4:58am

It seems that OrCAD padstack editor obeys regional settings, but when I changed to decimal comma in all .scr files, the generated footprint was not correct/complete.
It looks that there are still some issues with decimal comma in OrCAD.

Cheers, ...
/Benn
]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 04:58:48 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8611.html#8611 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : OK, fair point.However, then Cadence...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8610.html#8610 Author: jpderuiter
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Posted: 15 Feb 2017 at 3:06am

OK, fair point.
However, then Cadence has to be consistent all over, so not only for the Pad designer script needs to use the regional setting, but also for the Orcad PCB script (which still uses the fixed dot as seperator).
]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 03:06:41 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8610.html#8610 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : Well, generally speaking Benn...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8609.html#8609 Author: cioma
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Posted: 15 Feb 2017 at 2:29am

Well, generally speaking Benn is right: Library Expert doesn't support regional settings (i.e. point is hardcoded as decimal separator). And once Cadence finally caught up with the world it broke import from Library Expert. So ideally Library Expert needs to be changed to use decimal separator from the regional settings but at least there are workarounds.
]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:29:49 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8609.html#8609 <![CDATA[Orcad 17.2 Decimal Separator Issue : Tom H wrote:I’m just writing...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/orcad-17-2-decimal-separator-issue_topic2060_post8608.html#8608 Author: jpderuiter
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Posted: 15 Feb 2017 at 12:57am

Originally posted by Tom H Tom H wrote:

I’m just writing to let you know I got feedback on the case I filed to Cadence with respect to this issue and it should get fixed with 17.2s013 – I expect this to be out sometime during the weekend of 18th – 19th of February.
Hi Tom, that's great news.
Thanks for chasing this.

I'm wondering how they will 'fix' this, since to me it seems that switching to regional settings was intended by Cadence.
But we'll see.
Originally posted by BennsPCB BennsPCB wrote:

... but still the scripts you are generating have decimal point instead of decimal comma, despite of regional settings. When I change the point to comma, the scripts works fine in OrCAD.
Hi Benn, as Tom said this is really a Cadence issue, not PCB libraries. The decimal point as seperator has always been there, only Cadence changed it recently.
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