User Guide

Chapter 2 Using Design Manager
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Understanding Design Manager
Design Manager allows you to browse, manage, archive,
and restore your design files.
When you open a design file, Design Manager searches
the Windows Explorer for the following information:
the name of the top-level folder where the file is stored
the names of all files within the top-level folder and its
sub-folders
the names of files in folders outside the top-level
folder that are linked to files within the top-level
folder
Design Manager gathers this information, arranges and
displays it in categories that show the relationships of the
files to one another. For instance, all PSpice Schematics
.sch files are listed in the Design Entry Files category,
while all simulation
.dat and .out files are listed in the
Simulation Results category. Hierarchical schematics are
shown as child schematics to the parents.