Chapter 2 – Schematic Capture Editor 13

Chapter 2. Creating The Schematic

Schematic Design Tutorial

During the tutorial we will create a Schematic design; this is how the engineer ‘conceived’ it:

Obviously, once the sketch has been drawn properly as a PCB Artist Schematic it will look quite a bit different.

Starting a New Schematic

 To start a new Schematic design or a PCB design

From the File menu, click New (shortcut key Ctrl-N)

Check the New Schematic Design button and the Use Template button. The Default.stf template will help you get started quicker. More detail about Template files is available in the Online Help.