User Guide

Chapter 1 Getting Started
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Starting a New Design
Start the schematic editor by double-clicking on the
Schematics icon in the Orcad program group. An empty
schematic page displays.
If you already have Schematics running with another
schematic displayed, click the New File icon to start a new
schematic.
Command Line Options
PSpice Schematics supports a number of command line
options that enable you to customize the start-up mode.
You can add one or more of these options to the
Command Line text box of the Program Item Properties
dialog box (File/Properties from within the Program
Manager) for the Windows Schematics program icon.
The command line options are:
Option Description
-i <filename.ini> activates Schematics using a specific file
(specified by <filename.ini>) for
configuration settings, rather than the
default: pspice.ini
-sym activates Schematics with a new Symbol
Editor document window
<filename> activates Schematics and loads the
schematic file specified by <filename.sch>