<PAGE>   1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 1996
                                             Registration No. 333-
===============================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                            ------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            ------------------------

                                   ORCAD, INC.

               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                     DELAWARE                                   93-1062832
         (State or other jurisdiction of                     (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)                   Identification Number)

                            ------------------------

                9300 S.W. NIMBUS AVENUE, BEAVERTON, OREGON 97008
                                 (503) 671-9500

               (Address, including zip code and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                            ------------------------
                                ORCAD, INC. 1995
                              STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

                            ------------------------

                               MICHAEL F. BOSWORTH
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   ORCAD, INC.
                9300 S.W. NIMBUS AVENUE, BEAVERTON, OREGON 97008
                                 (503) 671-9500
            (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                            ------------------------
                                 with copies to:
                           GREGORY E. STRUXNESS, ESQ.
                       ATER WYNNE HEWITT DODSON & SKERRITT
              222 S.W. COLUMBIA, SUITE 1800, PORTLAND, OREGON 97201
                                 (503) 226-1191

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================================================================
 Title of Securities to        Amount to be    Proposed Maximum Offering             Proposed Maximum               Amount of
      be Registered             Registered        Price per Share (1)          Aggregate Offering Price (1)     Registration Fee
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>               <C>                             <C>                              <C>
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share         2,000,000 shares           $15.75                        $31,500,000                    $10,862
===================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

================================================================================
<PAGE>   2
                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.       INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:

          (a)  Final Prospectus of the Company filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 4, 1996.

          (b)  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter
ended March 31, 1996, filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") on May 3, 1996.

          (c)  Registration Statement on Form 8-A of the Company filed with the
SEC on February 1, 1996.

          (d)  All documents filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and before the date of filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement stating that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.

ITEM 4.        DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

     Not applicable.

ITEM 5.        INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6.        INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     As a Delaware corporation the Company is subject to the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware ("GCL") and the exculpation from liability and
indemnification provisions contained therein. Pursuant to Section 102 of the
GCL, Article VII of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the
"Certificate") eliminates the liability of the Company's directors to the
Company or its stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except
for any liability related to breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions
not in good faith which involve intentional

                                      - 2 -
<PAGE>   3
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchase or redemption, and certain other liabilities.

     Section 145 of the GCL allows corporations to indemnify their directors and
officers against liability where the director or officer has acted in good faith
and with a reasonable belief that actions taken were in the best interests of
the corporation or at least not adverse to the corporation's best interests and,
if in a criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe
the conduct in question was unlawful. Under the GCL, corporations may not
indemnify against liability in connection with a claim by or in the right of the
corporation but may indemnify against the reasonable expenses associated with
the defense of such claims. Corporations may not indemnify against breaches of
the duty of loyalty. The GCL provides for mandatory indemnification of directors
against all reasonable expenses incurred in the successful defense of any claim
made or threatened whether or not such claim was by or in the right of the
corporation. Finally, a court may order indemnification if it determines that
the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in
view of all the relevant circumstances whether or not the director or officer
met the good faith and reasonable belief standards of conduct set out in the
statute.

     The GCL also provides that the statutory indemnification provisions are not
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which directors or officers may be
entitled under a corporation's bylaws, any agreement, general or specific action
of the board of directors, vote of stockholders or otherwise.

     The Restated Bylaws require the Company to indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by law. In addition, the Restated
Bylaws deem that all rights to indemnification under the Restated Bylaws are
deemed to be contractual rights and are to be effective to the same extent as if
provided for in a contract between the Company and the director or officer who
serves in such capacity.

     In February 1996, the Company entered into indemnity agreements with each
executive officer of the Company and each member of the Company's Board of
Directors. These indemnity agreements provide for indemnification of the
indemnitee to the fullest extent allowed by law.

ITEM 7.        EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

     Not applicable.

                                      - 3 -
<PAGE>   4
ITEM 8.        EXHIBITS

     Number                         Description
     ------                         -----------

      5.0         Opinion of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt as to the
                  legality of the securities being registered

     23.1         Consent of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt (included
                  in legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.0)

     23.2         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     23.3         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     23.4         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     24.0         Powers of Attorney (included in signature page in Part II
                  of the Registration Statement)

     99.0         OrCAD, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
                  reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Registrant's Registration
                  Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-00198-LA))

ITEM 9.        UNDERTAKINGS

          (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement:

               (i)  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;

               (iii) to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided,
however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those subparagraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.

          (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a

                                      - 4 -
<PAGE>   5
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (c)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

          (d)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (e)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such a director, officer or controlling person in
connection with securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      - 5 -
<PAGE>   6
                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Beaverton, State of Oregon, on the 29th day of May,
1996.

                                    OrCAD, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Michael F. Bosworth
                                        -----------------------------
                                        Michael F. Bosworth
                                        President and Chief Executive
                                          Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Michael F. Bosworth and P. David Bundy, and each
of them singly, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities to sign the registration statement filed herewith and any
or all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective
amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agent or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Witness our hands on the date set forth below.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

                         [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

                                      - 6 -
<PAGE>   7
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 SIGNATURE                     TITLE                             DATE
                 ---------                     -----                             ----
<S>                                            <C>                               <C>
/s/Michael F. Bosworth                         President, Chief Executive        May 29, 1996
- --------------------------                     Officer and Director 
Michael F. Bosworth                            (Principal Executive
                                               Officer)

/s/ P. David Bundy                             Vice President of Finance         May 29, 1996
- --------------------------                     (Principal Financial and
P. David Bundy                                 Accounting Officer)

/s/ John C. Savage                             Director                          May 29, 1996
- --------------------------
John C. Savage

/s/ Richard P. Magnuson                        Director                          May 29, 1996
- --------------------------
Richard P. Magnuson

/s/ Stephen W. Director                        Director                          May 29, 1996
- --------------------------
Stephen W. Director

/s/ James B. Moon                              Director                          May 29, 1996
- --------------------------
James B. Moon
</TABLE>

                                                     - 7 -
<PAGE>   8
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     Exhibit                                                                                     Page
     Number                Exhibit                                                               No.
     -------               -------                                                               ----
<S>               <C>
      5.0         Opinion of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt
                  as to the legality of the securities being
                  registered

     23.1         Consent of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt
                  (included in legal opinion filed as Exhibit
                  5.0)

     23.2         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     23.3         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     23.4         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     24.0         Powers of Attorney (included in signature page
                  in Part II of the Registration Statement)

     99.0         OrCAD, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Incentive Plan
                  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to
                  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                  SB-2 (File No. 333-00198-LA))
</TABLE>

                                      - 8 -
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1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 1996
                                             Registration No. 333-
===============================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                            ------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            ------------------------

                                   ORCAD, INC.

               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                     DELAWARE                                   93-1062832
         (State or other jurisdiction of                     (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)                   Identification Number)

                            ------------------------

                9300 S.W. NIMBUS AVENUE, BEAVERTON, OREGON 97008
                                 (503) 671-9500

               (Address, including zip code and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                            ------------------------
                                ORCAD, INC. 1995
                              STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

                            ------------------------

                               MICHAEL F. BOSWORTH
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   ORCAD, INC.
                9300 S.W. NIMBUS AVENUE, BEAVERTON, OREGON 97008
                                 (503) 671-9500
            (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                            ------------------------
                                 with copies to:
                           GREGORY E. STRUXNESS, ESQ.
                       ATER WYNNE HEWITT DODSON & SKERRITT
              222 S.W. COLUMBIA, SUITE 1800, PORTLAND, OREGON 97201
                                 (503) 226-1191
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================================================================
 Title of Securities to        Amount to be    Proposed Maximum Offering             Proposed Maximum               Amount of
      be Registered             Registered        Price per Share (1)          Aggregate Offering Price (1)     Registration Fee
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share         2,000,000 shares           $15.75                        $31,500,000                    $10,862
===================================================================================================================================
(1)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

================================================================================
2
                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.       INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:

          (a)  Final Prospectus of the Company filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 4, 1996.

          (b)  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter
ended March 31, 1996, filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") on May 3, 1996.

          (c)  Registration Statement on Form 8-A of the Company filed with the
SEC on February 1, 1996.

          (d)  All documents filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and before the date of filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement stating that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.

ITEM 4.        DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

     Not applicable.

ITEM 5.        INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6.        INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     As a Delaware corporation the Company is subject to the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware ("GCL") and the exculpation from liability and
indemnification provisions contained therein. Pursuant to Section 102 of the
GCL, Article VII of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the
"Certificate") eliminates the liability of the Company's directors to the
Company or its stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except
for any liability related to breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions
not in good faith which involve intentional

                                      - 2 -
3
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchase or redemption, and certain other liabilities.

     Section 145 of the GCL allows corporations to indemnify their directors and
officers against liability where the director or officer has acted in good faith
and with a reasonable belief that actions taken were in the best interests of
the corporation or at least not adverse to the corporation's best interests and,
if in a criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe
the conduct in question was unlawful. Under the GCL, corporations may not
indemnify against liability in connection with a claim by or in the right of the
corporation but may indemnify against the reasonable expenses associated with
the defense of such claims. Corporations may not indemnify against breaches of
the duty of loyalty. The GCL provides for mandatory indemnification of directors
against all reasonable expenses incurred in the successful defense of any claim
made or threatened whether or not such claim was by or in the right of the
corporation. Finally, a court may order indemnification if it determines that
the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in
view of all the relevant circumstances whether or not the director or officer
met the good faith and reasonable belief standards of conduct set out in the
statute.

     The GCL also provides that the statutory indemnification provisions are not
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which directors or officers may be
entitled under a corporation's bylaws, any agreement, general or specific action
of the board of directors, vote of stockholders or otherwise.

     The Restated Bylaws require the Company to indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by law. In addition, the Restated
Bylaws deem that all rights to indemnification under the Restated Bylaws are
deemed to be contractual rights and are to be effective to the same extent as if
provided for in a contract between the Company and the director or officer who
serves in such capacity.

     In February 1996, the Company entered into indemnity agreements with each
executive officer of the Company and each member of the Company's Board of
Directors. These indemnity agreements provide for indemnification of the
indemnitee to the fullest extent allowed by law.

ITEM 7.        EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

     Not applicable.

                                      - 3 -
4
ITEM 8.        EXHIBITS

     Number                         Description
     ------                         -----------

      5.0         Opinion of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt as to the
                  legality of the securities being registered

     23.1         Consent of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt (included
                  in legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.0)

     23.2         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     23.3         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     23.4         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     24.0         Powers of Attorney (included in signature page in Part II
                  of the Registration Statement)

     99.0         OrCAD, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
                  reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Registrant's Registration
                  Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-00198-LA))

ITEM 9.        UNDERTAKINGS

          (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement:

               (i)  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;

               (iii) to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided,
however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those subparagraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.

          (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a

                                      - 4 -
5
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (c)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

          (d)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (e)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such a director, officer or controlling person in
connection with securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      - 5 -
6
                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Beaverton, State of Oregon, on the 29th day of May,
1996.

                                    OrCAD, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Michael F. Bosworth
                                        -----------------------------
                                        Michael F. Bosworth
                                        President and Chief Executive
                                          Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Michael F. Bosworth and P. David Bundy, and each
of them singly, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities to sign the registration statement filed herewith and any
or all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective
amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agent or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Witness our hands on the date set forth below.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

                         [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

                                      - 6 -
7
SIGNATURE                     TITLE                             DATE
                 ---------                     -----                             ----
/s/Michael F. Bosworth                         President, Chief Executive        May 29, 1996
- --------------------------                     Officer and Director 
Michael F. Bosworth                            (Principal Executive
                                               Officer)

/s/ P. David Bundy                             Vice President of Finance         May 29, 1996
- --------------------------                     (Principal Financial and
P. David Bundy                                 Accounting Officer)

/s/ John C. Savage                             Director                          May 29, 1996
- --------------------------
John C. Savage

/s/ Richard P. Magnuson                        Director                          May 29, 1996
- --------------------------
Richard P. Magnuson

/s/ Stephen W. Director                        Director                          May 29, 1996
- --------------------------
Stephen W. Director

/s/ James B. Moon                              Director                          May 29, 1996
- --------------------------
James B. Moon
- 7 -
8
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit                                                                                     Page
     Number                Exhibit                                                               No.
     -------               -------                                                               ----
5.0         Opinion of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt
                  as to the legality of the securities being
                  registered

     23.1         Consent of Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt
                  (included in legal opinion filed as Exhibit
                  5.0)

     23.2         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     23.3         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     23.4         Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

     24.0         Powers of Attorney (included in signature page
                  in Part II of the Registration Statement)

     99.0         OrCAD, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Incentive Plan
                  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to
                  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                  SB-2 (File No. 333-00198-LA))
- 8 -