Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Editing Objects

Deleting Sheet Borders

To delete the sheet border from a schematic sheet, do the following:

1.Choose Sheet – Edit Size.

The Change Sheet Border Size form appears.

Change Sheet Border Size

2.Set the Border Type to none.

3.Click OK.

Rotating

The Edit – Rotate command rotates objects counterclockwise, sideways, or upside down.

Rotating Preselected Objects

To rotate a preselected object, do the following:

1. Click on the object you want to rotate.

Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Editing Objects

2.Choose Edit – Rotate.

3.Point at a reference point in the design and click.

The selected object rotates and the command terminates.

If you want to change how the software rotates objects, do the following:

1.Choose Edit – Rotate.

2.Press F3.

The Rotate form appears.

3. Change the option setting.

Rotating Postselected Objects

To rotate a postselected object, do the following:

1.Choose Edit – Rotate.

2.Click on an object.

If you want to change how the software rotates objects, do the following:

1.Choose Edit – Rotate.

2.Press the F3 key.

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The Rotate form appears.

3. Change the option setting.

Rotating with Direct Manipulation

To rotate objects while in the Move, Copy, Stretch, Add – Instance, Add – Pin, Add – Wire, Add – Note Text, or Add – Label command, do the following:

Click the right mouse button.

Rotating with Bindkeys

To rotate or mirror (turn upside down or sideways) an object while in the Move, Copy,

Stretch, Add – Instance, Add – Pin, Add – Wire, Add – Note Text, or Add – Label command, do the following:

1.Select an object.

2.Press one of the following:

r, to rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise

Shift-r, to rotate sideways

Control-r, to flip upside down