User Guide

Viewing waveforms
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one waveform data file loaded in the plot—the full
path for the file from which the trace was generated.
Also listed is information about the simulation that
generated the waveform data file and the number of
data points used (Figure 94).
Figure 94 Section information message box.
Saving simulation results in ASCII format
The default waveform data file format is binary. However,
you can save the waveform data file in the Common
Simulation Data Format (CSDF) instead.
Warning: Data
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format are two or more times the size of
binary files.
When you first open a CSDF data file,
PSpice converts it back to the .DAT format.
This conversion takes two or more times as
long as opening a .DAT file. PSpice saves
the new .DAT file for future use.
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