Is there any way to quickly flip the in/out direction of off page connectors in OrCAD (Allegro Design Entry CIS)?
I've run into the problem numerous times where I place a connector with a bunch of signals, then want to place its mate on another board. Copy/paste the connector with all the signals, but then I have to delete and re-enter all of the signals to show that it is now an in instead of an out.
Notice I didn't even want to do all of the signals for this example because it is tedious.
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Well, you don't have to use the "matching" off-page connector - it'll still net up just fine. Is it that big a deal? I mean if you have a power supply section and use the Vcc_Bar symbol and rename it to (say) +5V then on another bit of the circuit you use the same symbol the net invisibly joins up but there is no distinction between which part of the circuit is "producing" the 5V and which part is "receiving" the 5V.
Anyway, to answer your question, No, you have to use the "other" symbol but, don't delete those off-pagers you copied just double click the name and press CTRL-C then go to the altered off-pager and do the same expect press CTRL-V. It takes about 3 seconds to rename a new off-pager.
Mind you it would be cool if OrCAD did have it as a tick box that changed it just like you can change entry wires on symbols from being long to short.