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Schematic Window

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Utilities/Netlist Tools
  • Toolbar: Utilities
  • Shortkey: Ctrl+H
  • Description:

    A new window for a schematic is opened. This windows is strongly linked with the layout windows and can be used for a schmatic driven layout.

Open Layout Window

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: File
  • Toolbar: File
  • Description:

    The Layout window is opened.

Bus

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    A bus connects connect multiply signals of schematic devices. It connects wires with a identical names in an automatic way.

Wire

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Connects signals between devices, ports and busses.

Label Node

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Sets the name of an wire.

Port

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Defines the connecting, if the schematic is used as an subcircuit.

Bus Port

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    An ports whichs connects multipls signals. All signals to be connected had to be named.

Line

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    A graphical line element in a schematic without any function.

Rectangle

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    A graphical rectangular element in a schematic without any function.

Circle_

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    A graphical circle element in a schematic without any function.

Arc_

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    A graphical arc element in a schematic without any function.

Text_

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    A graphical text element in a schematic without any function.

New Sheet

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Adds a new sheet the the schematic

Set Sheet Name

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Set the name of a schematic sheet.

Delete Sheet

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Delete the current sheet of the schematic

Polygon_

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    A graphical polygon element in a schematic without any function.

Add Library

  • Icon:
  • Toolbar: Components
  • Description:

    Adds a library to the used libraries for the schematic.

Remove Library

  • Icon:
  • Toolbar: Components
  • Description:

    Remove a library to the used libraries for the schematic.

New Component

  • Icon:
  • Toolbar: Components
  • Description:

    Adds a new component to the currect selected library

Edit Component

  • Icon:
  • Toolbar: Components
  • Description:

    Edits the selected component of the current library

Select Component

  • Icon:
  • Toolbar: Components
  • Description:

    Selects a componet of a library

Ground

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Adds a gound elments to the schematic

Set Color

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Changes the color of a graphical element.

Edit Item

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Draw
  • Description:

    Activates the edit mode of the schematic.

Copy to Layout

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Sheet
  • Description:

    Opens a new layout window and copies the current sheet to it.

Use as Component

  • Icon:
  • Menulocation: Sheet
  • Description:

    Create a new hierachical component from this sheet.

Place Component

  • Activation: Edit Component
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Place a component.

Wire Mode

  • Activation: Wire
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a wire.

Bus Mode

  • Activation: Bus
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a bus.

Label Node Mode

  • Activation: Label Node
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a label to a wire.

Port Mode

  • Activation: Port
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a port.

Bus Port Mode

  • Activation: Bus Port
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a bus port.

Line Mode

  • Activation: Line
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a graphical line.

Rect Mode

  • Activation: Rectangle
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a rect.

Circle-Mode

  • Activation: Circle_
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a circle.

Arc-Mode

  • Activation: Arc_
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Add a arc element.

Text-Mode

  • Activation: Text_
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds text element.

Polygon-Mode

  • Activation: Polygon_
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds points for a polygon.

Ground Mode

  • Activation: Ground
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    Adds a ground.

Edit Mode

  • Activation: Edit Item
  • Description:

    Description is missing!Mouse:
    place or route this element in the layout window
    shows a contants menu