Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Getting Started

Example 3

■Click on the first object and then hold down theShift key and the left mouse button and drag a box completely around the objects you want to add to a selected set.

Shift, click, and drawthrough.

Release.

The first and subsequent objects are now highlighted

Selecting Parts of Objects

Selecting a part of an object is important when you want to stretch only that part.

Wire or line segment endpoint

You can select parts of schematic wires, note shapes, symbol lines, and symbol devices.

Selecting Wires

Wire 4

Wire 2

Wire 3

Wire 1

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To select several physically connected segments of one wire, do the following:

1.Click on Wire 1 to select the first wire segment.

2.Double-click on Wire 1 to select both Wire 1 and Wire 2.

The extended selection grows to include all segments up to a branch.

3.Double-click again on Wire 1 to select all the connected wires (Wires 2, 3, and 4).

All segments of the network that are physically connected are selected and highlighted.

Selecting a Wire Name and Its Associated Wire Segments

Click on wire name.

WireName

Double-click on the highlighted wire name to select its corresponding wire.

To select a wire name and its associated wire segments, do the following:

1.Click on the wire name to select it.

2.Double-click on the already selected wire name to select its associated wire segment.

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Selecting a Pin and Its Associated Wire Segments

First click selects pin.

First double-click adds a wire segment to the selection.

Second double-click adds the entire connected network to the selection.

To select a pin and its associated wire segments, do the following:

1.Click on a pin to select it.

2.Double-click on the selected pin.

This selects the wire segment connected to the pin.

3.Double-click again on the selected pin.

This extends the selection area to all physically connected wire segments.

Selecting an Instance and Its Associated Wire Segments

First click selects instance.

To select an instance and its associated wire segments, do the following:

1. Click on an instance to select it.

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2.Double-click on the selected instance.

This adds all single wire segments that are connected to the instance up to the first branch to the selection.

3.Double-click again on the instance.

This extends the selection area to all physically connected wire segments.

Deselecting Objects

You can use the mouse to deselect objects.

The following table summarizes how you can use your mouse to deselect objects in a design window:

To deselect all objects, click in an open area of your design.

Click.

To deselect one object and select another, click on the second object.