User Guide

The resistor gate in this example is automatically identified as G$1, for
which reason the pins G$1.1 and G$1.2 of this gate appear in the Pin
column.
The two connections of the housing are listed in the Pad column. Mark
apinandtheassociatedpad,andclickon Connect.
If you want to undo a connection that you have made, mark it in the
Connection columnandclick Disconnect.
Clickingonacolumn’sheaderbarchangesthesortingsequence.
FinishtheCONNECTcommandbyclickingon OK.
DefinePrefix
The PREFIX command is used to specify a prefix for a name. The name
itself will initially be automatically allocated in the schematic. For a re
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sistor this would, naturally enough, be R. The resistors will then be
identifiedasR1,R2,R3etc..
ThenamescanbealteredatanytimewiththeNAMEcommand
Value
On: You are allowed to change the value in the schematic (for example
forresistors).Withoutavaluethepartwillnotbespecifiedexactly.
Off: The value will be generated from the device name and includes
technology and package variant (e. g. 74LS00N), if available. Also re
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commendedforsupplysymbols.
Description
Click on the Description in the description box. You can enter a descrip
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tion of the component here. The search facility of the ADD command
intheschematicdiagramwillsearchthroughthistext.
You can use the Rich Text format, as in the package description. You will
findnotesaboutthisinthehelpsystemunderthekeyword RichText.
Itcanlooklikethis:
<b>R-10</b>
<p>
Resistor10mmpackage
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