User Guide

Creating and Editing Designs
4
Overview
This chapter contains the step-by-step procedures for
creating, editing, and printing a schematic, which
includes:
Starting the Schematic Editor
on page 4-79 describes how to
start the schematic editor and how to open a new or
existing file.
Finding Parts
on page 4-80 describes how to find parts by
name or description, and by searching the symbol
libraries.
Placing and Editing Parts
on page 4-85 describes the detailed
steps for placing parts, changing the orientation of parts
prior to placing them, editing part attributes, placing
multiple instances of a part, and automatically assigning
reference designators.
Placing Power and Ground Symbols
on page 4-102 describes
how to place and edit power and ground symbols.