I am new to PSpice and OrCAD. I have a school project that requires making a circuit board. I don't need to simulate it. I'm looking for the fastest approach to getting the PCB made, and that's all. My school has Orcad, so that's what I'm using. I opened up OrCad Capture. I have a choice to open a new "design" or a new "project." Click on File/New Design and it opens up a schematic. Click on File/New Project and see the choices Analog or Mixed A/D, PC Board Wizard, Programmable Logic Wizard, and Schematic. It says the PC Board Wizard is "the quickest way to get started designing a system-level schematic design." Ok. Now I have to choose the libraries to include. (My project will have several IC's: National LM27313 voltage booster, Allegro ACS715 hall effect current sensor, a 555 and a couple of three-terminal shunt voltage references. All surface mount. Also about 30 or so passives.) Will going this way get me to my goal of copper-on-the-board quicker than I would if I started with the "design" option, and what should I know about the libraries?
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12 years ago