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All other trademarks are acknowledged to their respective owners. Pulsonix, a division of WestDev Ltd. Printed in the UK. Issue date: 15/05/18 Issue 1 Pulsonix 20 Miller Court Severn Drive Tewkesbury Business Park Tewkesbury Glos, GL20 8DN United Kingdom Technical +44 (0)1684 296 570 Sales +44 (0)1684 296 551 Fax +44 (0)1684 296 515 Email [email protected] Web www.pulsonix.com 4 Pulsonix Users Guide Contents 5 Contents CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................ 11 Welcome ................................................................................................................................ 11 About this Manual .................................................................................................................. 11 The contents of this manual ............................................................................................... 11 Where to find additional information ................................................................................. 11 System Requirements .............................................................................................................. 11 Hardware required ............................................................................................................ 11 Program security ............................................................................................................... 12 Installation.............................................................................................................................. 12 For new users (normal installation) .................................................................................... 12 Moving the Installation ..................................................................................................... 13 Updating Pulsonix from the web ........................................................................................ 13 Floating Network Licensing .............................................................................................. 14 Uninstalling Pulsonix ........................................................................................................ 14 Contacting Technical Support Resources ................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER 2. USING PULSONIX................................................................................................... 15 Introduction to Pulsonix .......................................................................................................... 15 Starting Pulsonix ............................................................................................................... 15 The Status Bar ........................................................................................................................ 17 MDI and Workbook Mode ...................................................................................................... 18 The On-line Help System ........................................................................................................ 19 Customising Pulsonix ............................................................................................................. 19 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 19 Toolbars ........................................................................................................................... 19 The Menu Bar ................................................................................................................... 23 Commands and Shortcuts .................................................................................................. 24 Mouse Operation .................................................................................................................... 25 Dockable Windows and Browsers ........................................................................................... 26 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 26 World-view ...................................................................................................................... 26 Component Bin ................................................................................................................. 27 Part Browser ..................................................................................................................... 29 Design Browser ................................................................................................................ 30 DRC and ERC Error Browsers .......................................................................................... 31 Layers .............................................................................................................................. 33 Find .................................................................................................................................. 35 The Item Filter in Browser Windows ................................................................................. 36 Selection Mask Window ................................................................................................... 37 Auto-hide Dockable Windows ........................................................................................... 39 Attribute Editor ....................................................................................................................... 41 Viewing the Design ................................................................................................................ 42 Design Item Selection ............................................................................................................. 44 Context menus ........................................................................................................................ 47 Design Settings and Options Dialogs ....................................................................................... 48 The Properties Dialog ............................................................................................................. 49 6 Contents CHAPTER 3. GENERAL UTILITIES ............................................................................................... 53 Undo/Redo ............................................................................................................................. 53 Interactive Operations ............................................................................................................. 53 Moving Items ......................................................................................................................... 53 Mirror .................................................................................................................................... 55 Rotating Items ........................................................................................................................ 56 Lock and Unlock .................................................................................................................... 60 Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate ............................................................................................... 61 Grouping Items ....................................................................................................................... 62 Deleting Items ........................................................................................................................ 64 Inserting Text ........................................................................................................................