Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Editing Objects

Turning Off Direct Manipulation

To turn off direct manipulation, do the following:

1.Open the schBindKeys.il file located in the your_install_dir/tools/dfII/samples/local directory.

2.Comment out schDirectEdit(1), schDirectEdit(2), and schDirectEdit(3).

These three bindkeys are keyed to the three mouse buttons for direct manipulation.

3.Load the current session or add the Load command to the .cdsinit file for future sessions.

Undoing and Redoing an Edit

To undo an edit, do the following:

Choose Edit – Undo.

This command reverses the action of the previous edit command. You can undo, one at a time, the last 10 levels of edit commands.

You can set the undo limit between 0 and 10 using the Options – User Preferences command from the Command Interpreter Window (CIW).

Note: Commands that cause data to be saved to disk cannot be undone.

To cancel the previous undo commands, do the following:

Choose Edit – Redo.

Changing the Undo Limit

To change the default undo limit of 1, do the following:

1. From the CIW, choose Options – User Preferences.