Specifications

160 Chapter 8—Device Symbol Editing
Showing, Hiding, Editing or Moving a Pin’s Name
By default, when you place a pin on the symbol, the name of the pin is included
in the symbol adjacent to the pin graphic. Here are a number of ways of chang-
ing this name display:
 To show or hide the pin name on one or more pins, select the pins on the
symbol or in the pin list, then select the Properties command in the Objects
menu. On the Pins tab, turn the Visible switch on or off as desired.
Alternatively, you can right-click on a single pin and check or uncheck the
Show Pin Name command.
 You can change the default name visibility and text font so that you can
place a number of pins in a row with the same settings. To do this, click in
an unused area of the drawing window to deselect all graphic objects. Next,
select the Properties command in the Objects menu and click on the Pin tab.
Turn the Visible switch on or off or use the Text Font button as desired.
Future pins will then use this setting until it is changed.
 To move a displayed pin name relative to its pin, you must first “unlink” it
from the pin by right-clicking on the pin and selecting the Unlink Name
command. This converts the label to a normal text object which can be
If a placed pin (i.e.: it is shown with a black icon next to its name) is
selected then both the pin and the graphical name will be selected. The
opposite is also true. If a graphical pin is selected the associated item
in the pin list will be highlighted as well. Internal pin names never
have graphical associations, therefore selecting an internal pin name
never selects a graphical pin.
The relationship between pin names in the pin list and graphical pins is
not symmetrical. Every graphical pin must have a pin name, but every
pin name does not necessarily have an associated graphical pin. This
can lead to some surprises. For example,
 Selecting all graphical pins in the drawing workspace may no
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select all pin names: unplaced and internal pin names will not be
selected.
 Deselecting all graphical pins in the drawing workspace may no
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deselect all pin names. Additional unplaced or internal names may
have been initially selected.
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