User Guide

Drawingabus(BUS)
Busses receive names which determine which signals they include. A bus
is a drawing element. It does not create any electrical connections.
These are always created by means of the nets and their names. The as
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sociated menu function is a special feature of a bus. A menu opens if
you click on the bus with NET. The contents of the menu are deter
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minedbythebusname.
Thebusinthediagramisnamed Bus1:A[0..12],D[0..7],Clock.
Busmenu
Clicking on the bus line while the NET command is active, opens the
menu as illustrated above. The name of the net that is to be placed is se
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lectedfromhere.
Theindexofapartialbusnamemayrunfrom0to511.
The help system provides you with more information about the BUS
command.
SpecifyingNetClasses
The CLASS command specifies a net class (also Edit/Net classes).The
net class specifies the minimum track width, the minimum clearance
from other signals and the hole diameter for vias in the layout for a spe
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cific class of signals. The default setting is net class 0, which means that
none of these things are specified. A maximum of 8 net classes is
possible.
Net classes can be changed at a later date by means of the CHANGE
command(the Class option).
Thesesettingscanalsobeleftuntilyoureachthelayoutstage.
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