User Guide

Using Wires and Buses
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While you are moving an object (whether orthogonal is
enabled or disabled), an X appears where a new
connection will be made if the object is placed, and the
pointer changes to a caution sign (see Figure 9 below). If
you continue to move the object (away from the
connection), the X disappears and the pointer returns to
normal.
New connections are formed when:
• a pin, wire, or bus is placed on another pin, wire, or
bus
• the path of a wire or bus crosses over a pin, wire
segment endpoint, or bus segment endpoint
Figure 9 shows a path with a potential new connection.
Figure 9 Rubberbanded path showing a potential connection
Enabling Rubberbanding
1 From the Options menu, select Display Options.
2 In the Display Options dialog box (see 4-110
):
a Select the Rubberband check box.
b Select the Orthogonal check box, if you want
rubberbanding to be orthogonal.
3 Click OK.
Shortcut: press 9
Shortcut: press 5