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Use the Scoot tool to move wires attached to pins
on the connectors. The wire scoots and the connector
Scoot Wire
pin along with it while the overall connector shell
stays fixed.
Use the Insert Wires tool to route single-wire connec-
tions. Use the Multiple Wire Bus tool, Component
mode, to insert and route multiple wires in one tool.
Insert Wires
NOTE A wire connection point should only have up
to three wire connections tied to it. Adding more
wires to a single point prevents the angled wire
connection to tie uniquely to the wire connection
point.
Insert connectors
Use this tool to insert a parametrically generated connector symbols.
1 Click Schematic tab ➤ Insert Components panel ➤ Insert Connector
drop-down ➤ Insert Connector.
2 In the Insert connector dialog box, specify the pin spacing and pin count.
(Optional) For pin count, click Pick and draw a fence showing the length
of the appropriate connector.
3 Specify whether to build the connector using fixed pin spacing or to have
it compress or expand to match the pins up with underlying wire
crossings.
4 Specify whether to insert the entire connector all at once or to insert it
manually, pin by pin, with an option to insert spacers or to break the
connector into 2 or more pieces.
5 Click the Rotate or Flip buttons to change the display of the connector
symbol.
The preview image updates to reflect your changes to the connector
display options.
6 (Optional) Click Details for more options to define settings for the size,
shape, and display of the parametrically built connector symbols.
7 Click Insert.
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