User`s guide

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8 Analyzin
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Waveforms in Probe
Confi
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urin
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trace color schemes
In the Probe Options dialog box, you can set options for how the
available colors and the color order specified in the
msim.ini
file are used to display the traces in a Probe plot window. You
can use:
• a different color for each trace
• the same color for all the traces that belong to the same y-
axis
• the available colors in sequence for each y-axis
• the same color for all the traces that belong to the same data
file, including data files for checkpoint schematics
To confi
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ure trace color schemes in the Probe
Options dialo
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box
1
From the Tools menu, select Options to display the Probe
Options dialog box.
2
In the Trace Color Scheme frame, choose one of the
following options:
3
Click OK.
Choose this option... To do this...
Normal Use a different color for each trace (for up
to 12 traces, depending on the number of
colors set in the
msim.ini
file).
Match Axis Use the same color for all the traces that
belong to the same y-axis. The title of the
axis (by default, 1, 2, etc.) is the same color
as its traces.
Sequential Per Axis Use the available colors in sequence for
each y-axis.
Unique by File Use the same color for all the traces in one
plot window that belong to the same data
file.
For information on what the
default available colors and color
order are and how to chan
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them, see
Editing display and
print colors in the msim.ini file
on
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Use this option, in conjunction
with the Desi
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n Journal feature,
to see the differences between a
workin
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schematic and its
checkpoints. See Schematics
online Help for more information.
Probe saves the selected color
scheme for future Probe
sessions.