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Surfable Reports
When reports are placed into a drawing as a table, click various report cells to
find the corresponding devices within the schematic or panel layout drawings
in the active project.
When surfing on a table inserted by the Terminal Strip Editor, click the title
cell to surf on the Tagstrip value. You can surf on the value even if the Tagstrip
is not included in the title. If you select a cell that is not surfable (such as the
Tag, Catalog, or Wire Number cell) the Tagstrip value is surfed for the terminal
strip.
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Insert Component and Insert Footprint Enhancements
The Insert Component and Insert Footprint dialog boxes are updated to
improve ease of use when selecting components to insert into your drawing.
Enhanced dialog box controls include:
Menu tree structure
Displays the main menu and submenus from which you can freely navigate.
Clicking the menus displays the corresponding menu icons in the Symbol
Preview window. The menu is created by reading the *.dat file defined in
the Project Properties dialog box.
Symbol Preview window
Displays the symbol icons and submenu icons corresponding to the selected
menu. Clicking an icon performs one of the following functions based on
the icon properties as defined in the *.dat file: insert a component or circuit,
display a submenu, or execute a command.
Recently Used
Displays the last components inserted during the current editing session.
The most recently used icon displays at the top. This list follows the view
options setting in the symbol preview window. The total number of icons
displayed depends on the value specified in the Display edit box.
View
Changes the view display for the Symbol Preview window and Recently
Used window. The current view option is indicated with a check mark.
Options include: Icon with text, Icon only, or List view.
Tooltips
When you move the cursor over an icon, the icon name and
block/circuit/command names display as tooltip information.
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