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From the home page in Proteus click on the Open Sample button, filter to the tutorials category
and then select the dsPIC33 Recorder (schematic only) sample.
Opening a Tutorial sample design
This will open the tutorial project with the completed schematic from the Schematic Capture
tutorial. We can start the PCB layout module from the application module toolbar at the top of
the Proteus application.
If you are working on two monitors or have free screen space you can drag and
drop one of the tabs to view both modules simultaneously. If not, you can switch
between the tabs with the mouse or via the standard windows CTRL+TAB shortcut
key.
Much of the look and feel of the application is similar to Proteus and hopefully now familiar,
although there are some important differences.
The Main Window
The largest area of the screen is called the Editing Window, and it acts as a window on the
drawing - this is where you will place and track the board. The smaller area at the top left of the
screen is called the Overview Window. In normal use the Overview Window displays, as its
name suggests, an overview of the entire drawing - the blue box shows the edge of the current
sheet and the green box the area of the sheet currently displayed in the Editing Window.