User Guide

MITER
Round off or bevel wire joints (also possible for nets, buses, polygon
contours). The grade of mitering is determined by the miter radius.
Positivesignresultsinaroundedjoint,negativesigninabevel.
The miter radius influences some wire bends, too (see help function:
SET, Wire_Bend).
SPLIT
Insertanangleintoawireornet.
INVOKE
Fetch a particular gate from a device (e.g. gate D before gate C). This
command allows you also to add a gate from a device which is located
on another sheet. In such a case, type the name of the device (e.g. IC1)
intothecommandlineaftertheINVOKEcommandhasbeenselected.
WIRE
Draw line (this command is called WIRE because it is used to define
electrical connections, i.e. wires, in the Layout Editor). The type of line
can be changed with CHANGE STYLE. Clicking the right mouse but
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tonchangesthebendmode(SETWIRE_BEND).
WIREcanalsobeusedtodrawarcs.
Please note the particularities in combination with the Ctrl and Shift key
inthehelpfunction.
TEXT
Placing text. Use CHANGE SIZE to alter the height of the text. If the
text is using a vector font, CHANGE RATIO will alter the thickness.
CHANGE TEXT is used to alter the text itself. CHANGE FONT al
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ters the typeface. You change label texts by assigning a different name to
the bus or to a net by means of the NAME command. See also LABEL
command.
CIRCLE
Drawacircle.Circleswithawidthof0aredrawnasfilledcircles.
ARC
Drawanarc(alsopossiblewithWIRE).
CHANGE CAP FLAT | ROUND defines straight or rounded ends for
arcs.
RECT
Drawarectangle.
POLYGON
Drawapolygon (copperareasinanyshape).
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