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Table 68. Plotter tab management commands
Command Description
In the Project Menu
Add New Tab
Adds a new empty tab (no items plotted) in the plotter window with a default
name.
Remove Active Tab
Removes the active tab from the plotter window. The active tab is the tab
whose contents are currently displayed in the Plotter window. Any tab can
be removed, however one tab must always remain in the window. It is not
possible to delete all of the tabs.
Rename Active Tab
Allows you to rename the active tab. You cannot rename a tab to have the
same name as another tab in your project.
Add New Item
Adds an item to the active display tab from the list of plotted or imported
items in all the tabs. To add an item, you must select an Expression to use
from the expandable list of plotted items. If you want to use an item that has
been exported from another simulation plot, you must import it first, see
Exporting and importing plotted items on page 218.
In addition, you can specify:
– Name – Specifies the name that will appear in the name column. Name
must start with a character of “_”.
– Expandable - Specifies if the item will include sub-items.
– Value type – (Signed, Unsigned, Float) Specifies the value type for the
plotter display. The default value for the selected expression is Unsigned.
– Show as – (Bus, Digital) specifies the display format for the item as a bar
containing a value (Bus), or a wave form indicating the value as high or
low (Digital).
– Time Translation – Specifies in nanoseconds, the point in the simulation
plot where the plotter will start drawing the specified item. Default is zero:
start at time=0. Entering a value less than zero shifts the start point for the
specified item to the left of the start of the simulation (time=0). Entering a
value a value greater than zero shifts the start point to the right of the start
of the simulation (time=0).
– Time Scale – Allows the re-scaling of the expression for an item. The
default value is 1: no re-scaling. Entering a value less that 1 compresses
the time scale so that the item’s value changes occur more rapidly.
Entering a value greater than 1 extends the time scale so that the item’s
value changes occur more slowly.
In the Edit menu
Cut, Copy and Paste
Allows you to cut or copy a selected item and paste a copy of it into a tab.
You can modify the expressions of items that have been copied in this
manner. See Modifying expressions on page 217.
Delete Selected Item
Removes the item that you have selected in the item column from the
display in the active tab. If an item is no longer present in at least one of the
display tabs, then it is removed from the list of selected items to plot in the
Plotter selection window.
Delete All Items of
Group
Removes all items from the active tab from the display. If items are no
longer present in at least one of the display tabs, then they are removed
from the list of selected items to plot in the Plotter selection window.