Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Creating a Multisheet Schematic

Customizing the Cross Reference Options Form

The fields on theCross Reference Options form appear as follows:

Cross Reference Options

You can customize default settings on the Cross Reference Options form.

The cross-reference format string variable, PinRefFormat, can contain any text and the following keywords: zone, sheetNumber, direction, referenceName.

For example:

PinRefFormat = "Zone:zone, Sheet:sheetNumber, Dir:direction"

yields reference strings such as

"Zone:A5, Sheet:3, Dir:input"

Drawing a Customized Sheet Border

A sheet border symbol contains several cellview properties that you can customize:

■Drawing a Sheet Border on page 229

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■Drawing Sheet Zones on page 229

■Drawing Zone Labels on page 230

■Adding the Sheet Zone Property on page 231

■Adding a Title Block on page 232

■Adding Title Block Values with Normal Labels on page 232

■Adding Title Block Values with NLP and IL Labels on page 233

■Verifying the Label Type on page 234

■Adding Title Block Properties on page 234

Drawing a Sheet Border

The border symbol needs to contain two other cellview properties, both with the property type string.

■"nlAction" = "ignore"

Choose Edit – Properties – Cellview to add this property.

■geQuerySelSet()

Type this function in the CIW and use the Add button to add a type string property

"schType" = "border"

To draw a customized outer sheet border, do the following:

1.In the symbol editor, choose Add – Shape – Rectangle.

2.Press F3.

The Add Symbol Shape form appears.

3.Draw a rectangle that represents the edge of your customized sheet.

4.Press Esc to cancel the Add – Shape – Rectangle command, and continue with the following section.

Drawing Sheet Zones

To add sheet zones, do the following:

1. In the symbol editor, choose Add – Shape – Line.

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2.Press F3.

The Add Symbol Shape form appears.

3.Draw the equally spaced short lines (tick marks) around the sheet border.

To draw equally spaced tick marks, draw the first segment, and then use the Edit – Copy command array option.

Drawing Zone Labels

To add customized sheet zone labels to the sheet border, do the following:

1.In the symbol editor, choose Add – Label. The Add Symbol Label form appears.

2.Type a label name in the Label field.

You must type and place each label separately.

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3. Select the normalLabel option.

Adding the Sheet Zone Property

To add the sheetHasZones sheet zone property, do the following:

1.In the symbol editor, choose Edit – Properties – Cellview. The Edit Cellview Properties form appears.

2.Click Add.

The Add Property form appears.

3.In the Name field, typeschHasZones.

4.In the Value field, type(3 2 1) (C B A).

The value consists of two lists. The first describes the X coordinates(3,2,1) and the second describes the Y coordinates (C,B,A). The order of the coordinates determines how they are displayed in the sheet border zones. The X coordinate list is displayed left to right, and the Y coordinate list is displayed top to bottom.

5.Click OK.

6.Click OK on the Edit Cellview Properties form.