Schematic Entry

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Altium Limited www.altium.com Table of Contents chapter 1 Introducing P-CAD Schematic P-CAD Schematic Features ................................................................................................1 About the User’s Guide .......................................................................................................2 chapter 2 Installation and Setup System Requirements .........................................................................................................3 Recommended System ................................................................................................3 Minimum System..........................................................................................................3 Installing P-CAD Products...................................................................................................4 chapter 3 P-CAD Schematic Basics About the User Interface......................................................................................................5 P-CAD Schematic Window...........................................................................................5 Menu Bar......................................................................................................................6 Toolbars .......................................................................................................................7 P-CAD Schematic Workspace ...................................................................................10 Prompt and Status Lines ............................................................................................11 Other Window Elements.............................................................................................13 Shortcut Menu Commands.........................................................................................13 Configuration Options........................................................................................................15 Showing or Hiding DataTips.......................................................................................15 Selecting a Default File Viewer ..................................................................................16 Setting the Current Zoom Factor................................................................................17 Setting the Autopan Percent Display..........................................................................17 Enabling Orthogonal Modes.......................................................................................17 Specifying a Net Increment Value ..............................................................................17 Choosing an ECO Format ..........................................................................................17 Enabling the AutoSave Feature .................................................................................17 Compressing Binary Designs .....................................................................................18 Enabling DDE Hotlinks ...............................................................................................18 Using a Snappy Cursor ..............................................................................................18 Schematic Sheets .............................................................................................................19 Adding a Sheet...........................................................................................................19 Reordering Sheets .....................................................................................................19 Defining the Current Sheet.........................................................................................19 Renaming a Sheet......................................................................................................20 P-CAD Schematic User’s Guide i Deleting a Sheet........................................................................................................ 20 Tracking Nets Across Sheets .................................................................................... 20 Opening Design Files ....................................................................................................... 21 Opening Schematic Files (*.sch) ............................................................................... 21 Opening Multisheet Designs...................................................................................... 21 Opening a Tango Schematic Series II File ................................................................ 21 Opening an ASCII File............................................................................................... 22 chapter 4 Schematic Design Tutorials Tutorial 1 - Setting Up a Schematic Design ...................................................................... 23 Setting the Workspace Size ...................................................................................... 23 Setting Up a Title Sheet............................................................................................. 24 Choosing a Unit Measurement Scale ........................................................................ 28 Defining Color Preferences ....................................................................................... 28 Setting Up Miscellaneous Display Options ................................................................ 29 Adding a Sheet.......................................................................................................... 29 Setting Up the Grid Spacing ...................................................................................... 30 Zooming In and Out................................................................................................... 31 Tutorial 2 - Working with Schematic Objects .................................................................... 32 Object Placement ...................................................................................................... 32 Selecting Objects....................................................................................................... 46 Modifying Objects ...................................................................................................... 50 Working with Your Design ......................................................................................... 58 Tutorial 3 - Verifying a Schematic Design......................................................................... 63 Design Verification..................................................................................................... 63 Setting up the ERC Options....................................................................................... 63 Viewing any Errors in the Design............................................................................... 65 Fixing Errors in the Design ........................................................................................ 66 Tutorial 4 - Generating Reports and Netlists..................................................................... 69 Generating a Report .................................................................................................. 69 Generating Netlists .................................................................................................... 70 Tutorial 5 - Printing a Schematic Design........................................................................... 72 Setting Up a Printer or Plotter.................................................................................... 72 Setting Up Page Setup Options................................................................................. 73 Setting Up Print Options ............................................................................................ 74 Previewing a Print Job............................................................................................... 75 Generating Printouts and Printing Sheets ................................................................. 76 chapter 5 Working with Objects Placing Objects................................................................................................................. 78 Placing

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