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How To Install
Instructions
how
to
run
full
OrCad
16.6
(with
Allegro)
with
Full
OrCad
10.5
(with
final
release
of
OrCad
Layout)
on
the
same
installation
After
this
installation
you
will
be
able
to
run
all
the
applications
you
see
below
simultaneously
on
the
same
PC
(Windows
7
64
or
32-‐bit).
This
process
may
also
work
on
WXP
(SVC
pack3),
Vista
or
Windows
8,
but
the
instructions
are
shown
here
using
64-‐bit
Windows
7
Ultimate
running
in
VMware
Fusion
Version
6.0.3
under
MacOSx
Mavericks.
ScreenShot
shows
the
used
Windows
7
About
box
(remember
the
value
of
Computer
Name
circled
here
for
a
later
step
in
the
installation
“vPC”
shown
here)
ScreenShot
shows
latest
OrCad
Capture
and
OrCad
Cadence
Allegro
and
OrCad
Layout
Application
running
simultaneously.
Step
1
–
Start
with
a
Clean
Machine
If
you
have
if
you
have
any
OrCad
products
already
installed…
-‐ Uninstall
ALL
previous
OrCad
applications
including
License
Managers
-‐ Go
to
[Control
Panel
–
Programs
–
Unistall
a
Program]
-‐ Remove
one-‐by-‐one
all
of
these
(if
they
exist)
o Release
OrCAD
10.5
o Cadence
SPB/OrCAD
12.X
o Cadence
SPB/OrCAD
16.X
o Cadence
License
Manager
ver
X.X
o etc
(any
thing
with
Cadence
or
OrCAD
in
the
name)
-‐ REBOOT
and
delete
any
folders
with
Cadence
or
OrCad
If
you
DON’T
have
any
OrCad
products
already
installed…
-‐ just
continue
Step
2
–
Installing
OrCad
10.5
(from
…
download\Cadence\Orcad
10.5)
1. Run
\Cadence\Orcad
10.5\Disk1\setup.exe
2. Just
install
3. Don’t
install
any
License
4. Copy
file
cadopia.dat
from
the
Orcad
10.5\Crack
...folder
to
c:\OrCAD\OrCAD_10.5
5. On
start
Menu,
right
click
on
“Computer”
and
select
“Properties”
6. Choose
“Advanced
Settings”,
“Environmental
Varables”,
then
“New”
7. Add
the
system
variable
with
a
path
to
the
file
copied
in
step
4
8. Restart
Windows
9. OrCad
Capture
10.5
and
OrCad
Layout
10.5
should
now
work
(test
it)
Step
3
–
Installing
OrCad
16.6
(from
…
download\Cadence\Orcad
16.6)
1. Start
the
Orcad
16.6
setup.exe
file
2. Start
the
License
Manager
and
install
it
completely
with
no
options.
(skip
the
installation
of
an
actual
license)
3.
Next,
install
the
Products
you
wish
to
use.
Finish
the
installation
and
exit
installer.
4. Copy
all
the
files
from
..Orcad
16.6\aspirin\LicenseManager\
to
...Cadence\LicenseManager\
(copy
and
replace
all
files)
5. Copy
the
3
files
from
Orcad
16.6\aspirin\tools
to
…Cadence\SPB_16.6\tools\
(copy
and
replace
all
files)
6. In
the
copied-‐to
folder
run
the
Tools.cmd
by
right
clicking
the
file
and
choose
open
(after
this
a
command
7. Go
to
the
installation
folder
…Cadence\Orcad
16.6\aspirin\LicGen
and
edit
YourHostName
with
notepad
(in
this
example
replace
it
with
vPC)
(this
should
match
the
Computer
Name
from
the
first
picture
in
these
instructions)
Then
save
the
file.
8. Right
click
the
LicGen.cmd
and
run
it
by
choosing
open
(you
might
have
to
choose
“Run
as
Administrator”
depending
on
your
Windows
settings
9. Start
the
Cadence
License
Manager
Service
10. Choose
the
file
created.
Then
just
choose
next
in
the
next
dialogue
box…then
finish
11. Last
step
is
to
configure
the
Environment
variables
so
that
BOTH
OrCad
10.5
and
OrCad
16.6
will
work
simultaneously…
(see
step
7
of
installing
OrCar
10.5)
12. After
this
modification
the
environment
variable
should
read:
C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_10.5\cadopia.dat;5280@vPC;5280@localhost
13. You
are
done!~
Now
you
can
run
all
OrCad
Applications
at
the
same
time
with
no
license
restrictions.
H.V.