Anyone here ever used Cadence/Orcad Layout?

Special K

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I am trying to layout a PCB using Cadence Layout and right now I'm having problems making a footprint for a relay. It's a SPST so it should only have 4 pins, but the way they designed the leads, 2 of them actually take up 3 holes each in the board. My question is, can I make 3 pins with the same name that will be automatically connected electrically, or how do I specify that 3 pins on the footprint all belong to the same pin on the schematic?

Here is a datsheet for the relay if you want to see what I am talking about:

datasheet

look at the bottom of page 2 at the figures labeled "View of the terminals" and "Mounting holes"
 

Brian23

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I've made a total of 3 footprints in Layout and I never had multiple pins that were electrically connected. I wouldn't consider myself an expert by any means, but I would recomend making them diffrent names and then use the obstacle tool to put a copper track in the footprint between the pins.