Data Sheet

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The animation interval controls the frame rate of the animation and therefore the smoothness of
the fade-in/fade-out effect. Normally, the default value for this is suitable.
The attack rate specifies the speed at which an object will go from ‘fully off’ to ‘fully on’ whilst the
release rate allows you to adjust the speed at which an object will return from ‘fully on’ to ‘fully
off’.
These options are only available in hardware accelerated modes.
Multi-Sampling (Anti-Aliasing)
Multi-Sampling is a method used by graphics cards to reduce anti-aliasing effects when
graphics are displayed at different zoom levels. It is particularly applicable to text but impacts on
all graphics on the layout.
When working in OpenGL mode you can specify the level of multi-sampling you want to use.
The higher the level of multi-sampling the better the resulting display but the more GPU
resources are consumed. If you select a level of multi-sampling which is not supported by your
graphics hardware the software will reset the level to the closest one which your card can
handle. For normal operation in Proteus a multi-sampling level of 4x is quite sufficient.
Displayed Layers Dialogue
The displayed layers dialogue allows you to control the visibility and colour of the various layers
on the board. You can launch this from the View menu in Proteus or by clicking the mouse on
the status bar at the bottom of the application.
You can change the colour of a layer by clicking on the colour beside the layer and control the
visibility of the layer via the checkbox beside the layer (where appropriate). All changes are
updated live on the layout.
You can switch between the pre-supplied colour profiles (print and screen), create your own
colour profiles via the 'new' button at the top of the dialogue form and assign them to keyboard
shortcuts. This allows you for example to have a TOP colourset showing only top copper, top
silk, top resist and top paste mask. More information is available via the context sensitive help
for the dialogue form (click on the question mark at the top right of a dialogue and then on a
field of the dialogue form to launch).