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The Schematic Editor allows you to create and manage schematic scenario.
Note: You can select multiple components in one of two ways:
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Several commands are available when you right-click a component or a selection of components in the Schematic Editor (Figure 1above):
- Edit opens the selected component's feature editor where you can edit its configuration
- Rename the selected component
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- Add opens a sub-menu listing all nodes. Select a node from the list and it will be added at the place you clicked. This option is synonymous to dragging a node from the node palette on to the schematic. It is only visible in the contextual menu if you right click on a blank area in the Schematic Editor, rather than on a component.
- Copy the selected component(s)
- Delete removes the selected component(s) from the scenario
- Paste the selected component(s) you have previously copied
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- Line Type changes the representation of the selected link to either elbow (orthogonal) lines (Figure
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- below, left pane) or a straight line (Figure
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- below, right pane). Each line has one control point which you can adjust to route the line around obstacles. The control point for an orthogonal line can only be moved in the vertical dimension whereas the control point for a straight line has no restrictions on its movement
- Rotate rotates the orientation of the selected node(s) to the orientation chosen from the sub-menu. The default direction is 0 degrees, which corresponds to North to South.
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- Grid Settings... opens the grid settings dialog (Figure
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- below). Here you can choose to:
- Toggle display of the grid using Display Grid. The default state is off but the setting is saved with your project. This is synonymous to the Display Grid button in the Schematic Editor toolbar (Figure 5).
- Toggle whether nodes will snap to the grid when moved within Schematic Editor using Snap to Grid. Turning this setting on does not affect the alignment of existing nodes. Alignment with the grid is only enforced when you drag a node. Figure 3 compares the appearance of the Schematic Editor with the Snap to Grid control turned off (left) versus on (Grid Size is 50 pixels in centre and 100 pixels on right). The default state is off but the setting is saved with your project. This is synonymous to the Snap to Grid button in the Schematic Editor toolbar (Figure 5).
- Change the frequency of grid lines using Set Grid Size. The default is 10 pixels but the setting is saved with your project. Figure 4 shows the appearance of the Schematic Editor with a grid size setting of 10 pixels (left), 50 pixels (centre) and 100 pixels (right). This is synonymous to entering the grid size in the Schematic Editor toolbar (Figure 5).