Specifications

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This toolbar provides two types of pins:
 The first group allows placement of normal pins (i.e. not bus pins).
 The second group is used to place bus pins, i.e. pins that represent a group of
named internal signals.
NOTE: Since we are creating a discrete component symbol with no text on it, we
should first disable the pin name display, which is on by default. To do this click in an
unused part of the drawing area to make sure nothing is selected, then selected the
Properties command in the Objects menu. Select the Pin tab and turn off the Visible
switch.
Note that the crossbar portion of the T pin symbol is shown only for alignment
purposes and indicates where the pin attaches to the body of the symbol. It is not
drawn when the symbol appears in a schematic. Here is what the example sym-
bol looks like with the three pin elements placed:
 For more background and alternate procedures for pin placement, see
“Placing Pins on a Symbol” on page 158.
Step 3—Setting Pin Information
Once you have placed the pins on the symbol, you will see that an entry in the
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