User Guide

4.3 The LayoutEditorWindow
The Layout Editor window opens when you open an existing board file
or create a new board. If you own the Schematic Editor you will nor
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mally draw a schematic first and then generate the board file with the
BOARDcommand,orbyclickingthe Switchtoboard icon.
The Layout Editor window appears very much like the Schematic Editor
window. Even if you don’t work with the Schematic Editor, you should
study the previous section, as most of the information there applies to
theLayoutEditor,too.
Only the commands in the command toolbar are discussed again, as
somecommandsdifferintheiruse.
Descriptions of commands that cannot be reached through the com
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mand toolbar are also to be found in the section concerning the Sche
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maticEditorwindow.
All of the commands can also be reached through the pull-down menus
in the menu bar. This also applies, of course, to the Schematic and Lay
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outEditorwindows.
LayoutEditorwindow
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