User`s guide

Usin
g
the Symbol Wizard 5
-7
How the S
y
mbol Wizard Works
The symbol wizard operates in four phases: setup, automatic
symbol creation, refinement, and global configuration.
Phase 1: Setup
To begin, the symbol wizard asks you for:
• the name of the model library that contains the model
definitions, and
• the name of the symbol library to save the new symbol
definitions to.
Phase 2: Automatic s
y
mbol creation
The symbol
wizard automatically creates symbols for:
• all of the models defined as model parameter sets (.MODEL
syntax), and
• as many of the models defined as subcircuits (.SUBCKT
syntax) as it recognizes.
When phase 2 completes, the wizard displays two lists showing:
• subcircuits that it could not create symbols for, and
• subcircuits with symbols.
Phase 3: Refinement
The wizard arranges the
subcircuits into groups that have the same terminal node names
(pins) in the same order.
If you want to replace a symbol that the wizard created or want
to create a symbol for a group (or subset) of subcircuits that
don’t have a symbol, then you can do so by choosing to base the
new symbol on either:
• an existing symbol, or
• a generic rectangle,
and then continue to follow the instructions.
You can repeat this process until you are satisfied with the
symbol assignments.
Instead of usin
g
the MicroSim
default symbol set, you can use
your own set of standard
symbols. To find out more, see
Basing New Symbols On a
Custom Set of Symbols on
page 5-13.
If needed, you can refine the
g
raphics after finishin
g
the
wizard. See
Editing Symbol
Graphics on page 5-15.