Specifications
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Pasting Graphics onto the Diagram
Graphics from a number of sources can be pasted directly onto a Logic-
Works schematic diagram:
Windows Metafile Format (WMF) data is exported by Microsoft Word
and many drawing programs, and provides a clean, compact (i.e. a
minimal amount of memory is used) and scalable image (i.e. prints
cleanly on various types of printers). This is the recommended way of
creating border and title block graphics.
Bitmap (BMP) images can be created using Windows Paint or many
third-party paint programs. NOTE: BMP images are not suitable for
large borders since they occupy a large amount of memory space and
do not scale well when printing.
Graphics can be copied and pasted from the device symbol editor built
into LogicWorks. This is a convenient way of creating images that do
not require exact measures or sophisticated drawing tools. To do this,
select the New command in the FIle menu, select the Device Symbol
document type. Draw the desired graphics in the symbol editor, then
Select All and Copy them onto the clipboard. Switch back to the
schematic sheet and Paste the graphics onto the sheet. You can now
close the device symbol editor without saving.
NOTE: There is an important difference between graphics created in the Device
Editor using the above procedure and device symbols created in the
Device Editor and then saved in a library and placed on the sheet from the
library. When you copy and paste directly onto the sheet, you are creating
only a graphic object, which has no circuit properties and no simulation and
will not appear in any component lists. If you create exactly the same
graphic, save it as a component in a library and then place it on the
diagram, this will have an identical visual appearance, but will be treated
within the program as a device. This means it will appear in component
lists as a device and it can be given attributes, simulation parameters, etc.
Setting Graphic Item Properties
To set the properties of a graphical item on the diagram:
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