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Plotting waveforms 7, 91

Point tags 37, 134

Point to end mode command 37 Point to point mode command 37 Power 7

Power display command 38 Preferences command 39

Common options

Add DC path to ground 40 Analysis progress bar 40 Auto show model 41 Component cursor 41 Date stamp 39

DC path to ground check 40 File list size 40

File warning 39 Floating nodes check 40 Gmin stepping 40 Inertial cancellation 40 Lock tool bar 39

Node snap 41

Nodes recalculation threshold 41 Package library load 40

Plot on top 40

Print background 39 Quit warning 39 Rubberbanding 41 Select mode 39 Show slider 41 Sound 39

Text increment 40 Time stamp 39 Warning time 40 Component palettes 42 Main tool bar 42

Palettes, color 41 Print

An example 216 Print preview

Apply command 215 Auto command 215 Help command 215 User command 215 Title block 215

Print command 28

Print preview command 28 Print setup command 28 Printing 213

Print preview 214 Schematics 214 Setup 214

PRIVATEANALOG 171, 176, 181 PRIVATEDIGITAL 171, 176, 181 Probe 15, 157

AC analysis 46, 165 DC analysis 46, 167 Linear plot 161 Log plot 161

Many traces command 158 Navigating the schematic 164 New run command 158

One trace command 158 Probing lead-to-lead voltages 163 Probing node voltages 162

Remove all command 158 Save all command 159

Save V & I only command 159 Separate analog and digital 158 Transient analysis 46

Transient analysis variables 160 B field 161

Capacitance 160 Charge 160 Current 160 Flux 160

H field 161 Inductance 160 Resistance 160 Time 161 Voltage 160

Probe feature 49 Probing 1

Properties dialog box 8, 30 Protel PCB interface 26 Pspice 1

Q

Quick tour 6

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R

Reference manual 2 Registering 3

Rename defines commands 31 Repeat last find command 31 Replace command 31

Restore command 21

Restore limit scales command 131 Revert command 27, 57, 72, 76 Rotate command 30

Rotating components 60 Rubberbanding 41 Ruler command 131

S

Same branch command 133 Same Y scales command 133 Save as command 26

Save command 26 Scale mode 133

Scale mode command 37 Scales 92

Schematic editor 21 Scope 129

Commands

Animate 132 Auto scale 131 Cursor 132

Delete all objects 131 Go To Performance 132 Horizontal cursor 131

Keep cursors on same branch 133 Normalize 132

Restore limit scales 131 Same Y scales 133

Tag horizontal 133 Tag left cursor 132 Tag right cursor 133 Tag vertical 133 Trackers 131

View Baseline 131 View data points 131

View horizontal grids 131

View minor log grids 131

View ruler 131 View tokens 131

View vertical grids 131 Cursor mode 137, 138

Cursor positioning modes 139 Go To X 132

Go To Y 132 High 139 Next 139 Peak 139 Valley 139

Magnifying waveforms 135 Modes

Cursor 133 Point tag 134 Scale 133 Vertical tag 134

Panning waveforms 136 Scroll bars 23

Security key 2, 5 Select all command 29 Select mode 63, 69

Command 36

Definition 20 Selection 76

Send to back command 31 Sensitivity analysis 45, 49 SETUP program 4

Shape

Definition 20

Editor 35, 53 Short 20

Show all paths command 39 Shrink command 80

Slider 41

SPICE 6 SPICE files 81

Split text/drawing areas horizontal 34 Split text/drawing areas vertical 35 Standard deviation 182

State variables Defined 103 Editor 104

Initialization options

Leave 103

Read 103

Zero 103 Status bar 23

Step box command 30 Stepping

AC example 174 DC example 174 Decade 177 Dialog box 170

How it works 169, 170, 172 Octave 177

Stepping parameters 49 Subcircuits demo 49 Subckt

Creating 208

Definition 207 Switch to command 22

T

Tag horizontal command 133 Tag right cursor command 133 Tag vertical command 133 Temperature 87

Terms and concepts 18 Text

Adding 83

Button 36 Grid 36 Mode 36, 66

Text area 30, 71

Tile horizontal command 34 Tile vertical command 34 Title bar 21, 22

Title block 215

Title display command 39 Tmax 87

Tmin 87

Tokens command 131 Tolerances 180

Tool bar Buttons 29

Display toggle command 36 Local 22

Main 22

Trackers 131

Transfer function analysis 45, 49 Transient analysis 45, 85 Transient Analysis Limits 7 Translate 26

U

Undo command 29, 57, 74 Uniform distribution 182 User definitions 44

User palettes 44 User's Guide 2

V

Variable 1 (DC) 124

Variable 2 (DC) 125 Variables list 86, 92 Vertical tag mode 134

Vertical tag mode command 37 View menu 34

View mode command 38 View text/drawing areas 34

W

Waveforms Analog 93 Digital 93

Windows menu 34 Windows operating systems Windows 95 3

Windows 98 3 Windows NT2000 3 Windows NT4 3 Wire

Definition 19

Diagonal wire mode 36 Mode 36, 65, 83

Working with macros 197 Working with subckts 207 Worst case 182

X

X expressions 112

Y

Y expressions 112

Z

Zoom in command 34 Zoom Out command 79 Zoom out command 34 Zoom-In command 79

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