User Guide

DesignaNew PackagefromanExistingOne
Load the existing package, display all layers, define a group (GROUP
command) containing all of the objects, click the CUT icon and then
theoriginofthedrawingarea(coordinates00).
You can also type the CUT command on the command line and give a
referencepoint,forexample:
CUT(00);
Open a new package (in the same or another library) for editing, click
thePASTEiconandthentheoriginofthedrawingarea.
Or enter again the PASTE command with a reference point in the com
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mandline,forexample:
PASTE(00);
Nowedittheobjectsinwhateverwayyouwant.
You can use the coordinate values for the CUT and PASTE commands
to move the group in the coordinate system. This may be useful for ob
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jectsthatarenotdrawninthecorrectgrid.
GROUP, CUT, and PASTE can be used to copy Packages and Symbols,
butnottocopyDevices.
SeealsoEXPORTSCRIPTonpage 71.
TheSymbolEditingmode
Defining a symbol means defining a part of a device which can be placed
individually in a schematic. In the case of a 74L00 this could be one
NAND gate and the two power pins, defined as another symbol. In the
case of a resistor, the device contains only one symbol which is the rep
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resentationoftheresistor.
You now change into symbol editing mode through the Edit a symbol
icon in the action toolbar. Enter the name of the symbol, and reply to
theconfirmingquestion Createnewsymbol‘symbolname’? with Ye s.
DesignaNewSymbol
Use the commands WIRE, ARC, etc. to draw the schematic representa
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tionofthesymbolintolayer94, Symbols.
Place the pins by using the following PIN command, which is only
availableinthesymboleditingmode:
PIN
Placepins.
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