[Future Request]: OrCAD v10.5 For Linux 64-Bit

[visious25]

Hi, could you please develop the environment OrCAD v10.5 For Linux 64-Bit. I believe OrCAD v10.5 is just fine for Linux.

The below products are just fine:

Capture CIS
Layout Plus
PSpice A/D

If you wish to load more products just do it.

PS: I have reported this issue to Cadence Community. I emailed them all.

[Werni2A]

Hi, I'm not too familiar with OrCad's history but I guess v10 is one of the old file formats that should be included in this repository. However I have not found any reference that OrCad ever ran on Linux. Do you have any resources mentioning Linux support? This could be interesting for future testing approaches.

I googled for Layout Plus which seems quit old, I'm not familiar with it and I'm not sure if it's the same tool/format as Allegro. If you want support for it please open a feature request for it in OpenAllegroParser. In case it is a completely different tool than Allegro there is little change that this will be implemented in this project, the current tool set is already a lot of effort to implement.

[visious25]

Yes I know that OrCad never ran on Linux. OrCad has left behind to develop the environment for Linux, but Eagle and Xilinx ISE are runing on Linux as well.
No, I don't have any resources mentioning Linux support, I believe is Cadence Community decision to support OrCad on Linux.

I'm familiar with Layout Plus instead of Allegro. Layout Plus is the simplest way to create PCB design. That's why I want Capture CIS, Layout Plus and PSpice A/D as basic products.

For you I believe the basic products are Capture CIS, Allegro and PSpice A/D, right?
It's exclusively Cadence Community decision which products are load in the future on Linux.

[Werni2A]

It would be great to see Linux support. Keep me up to date if you hear anything new from the channel partners.

In the meantime you could try to run it with Wine (a tool to run Windows executable on Linux).

• https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=873

Looks like OrCad 10.x worked out well on Linux.

Personally I switched from OrCad to KiCad since my designs are not really complex.

Note to myself: "Layout" and "Layout Plus" are the predecessor products to Allegro that generated *.max files. [1]

[1] https://www.edaboard.com/threads/orcad-max-file-format.149573/

[visious25]

I prefer OrCad PSpice A/D which includes all simulation without Wine. I still running OrCAD v10.5 on Windows 7 because on Windows 10 is not working.

I never worked on KiCad because it doesn't includes all simulation like OrCad PSpice A/D. and I don't know if KiCad supports circuit simulation.

If Cadence Community decide to support OrCAD in the future on Linux, it would be awesome.

PS: Cadence OrCAD v16.0 is the last version of OrCAD that includes "Layout" and "Layout Plus"

[visious25]

Hi Werni2A, I emailed them again the Cadence Community. I guess we will wait from Cadence Community an answer here.