Replicating Orcad & PSpice Behaviour in NI Multisim

Updated Oct 18, 2022

Overview

This page provides a quick lookup table on how to replicate former Orcad & PSpice behavior in NI Multisim. By providing an integrated capture and simulation environment, NI Multisim streamlines the design of circuits, while still providing powerful analysis capabilities. This guide is intended as a quick lookup table, and is by no means complete as to the various methods of performing tasks in NI Multisim.

Replicating Orcad & PSpice Behavior in NI Multisim

Function	Pspice	Multisim	Shortcut Key
Placing Components	Draw > Get New Part	Place > Component or Select from In-Use list or Select from Component Toolbar	Ctrl+W
Changing Component Values	Double-click on component. Select the Value attribute. Change the value field.	Double-click on component to invoke Value tab or Change component values in bulk through the Spreadsheet View (Component tab)	N/A
Changing RefDes Values	Double-click on refdes and change its value.	Double-click on Component and navigate to Label tab or Component tab of Spreadsheet View or Tools > Rename/Renumber Parts	N/A
Wiring	Place > Wire	Click on Symbol pins to automatically form connections or Drop RLCs over wires to form automation connections or Touch-and-drag symbol pins to automatically form wires	Ctrl+Shift+W
Interactive Simulation	Unavailable	Click on the Play button or Simulate > Run	F5
Setting Up Analyses	Use SPICE commands	Simulate > Analyses Select appropriate analysis type Configure the dialog appropriately	N/A
Graphing Output	Click on Add Trace after you have ran the SPICE command for the analysis	Graph automatically produced based on output variables	N/A
Adding Expressions as Output Variables	Add expression when adding traces to graph	In Output tab of selected analysis, select Add Expression	N/A

Replicating Orcad & PSpice Behaviour in NI Multisim

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Replicating Orcad & PSpice Behavior in NI Multisim

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