User Interface
3-4 Electronics Workbench
The
Standard toolbar contains buttons for commonly-performed functions, as described in
“3.2.1 Standard Toolbar” on page 3-5.
The
Component toolbar contains buttons that let you select components from the Multicap
databases for placement in your schematic. See “3.2.4 Components Toolbar” on page 3-8.
The
Circuit Window (or workspace) is where you build your circuit designs.
The
Status Bar displays useful information about the current operation and a description of the
item the cursor is currently pointing to.
The
Design Toolbox lets you navigate through the different types of files in a project
(schematics, PCBs, reports), view a schematic’s hierarchy and show or hide different layers.
For details, see “3.5 Design Toolbox” on page 3-32.
The
Spreadsheet View allows fast advanced viewing and editing of parameters including
component details such as footprints, RefDes, attributes and design constraints. Users can
change parameters for some or all components in one step and perform a number of other
functions. For details, see “5.2 The Spreadsheet View” on page 5-7.
3.2 Toolbars
The toolbars listed below are available in Multicap:
• Standard Toolbar
• Main Toolbar
• View Toolbar
• Components Toolbar
• Virtual Toolbar
• Graphic Annotation Toolbar
Note If the above toolbars are not visible, select
View/Toolbars/<toolbar name>.
Note For a description of the menus and commands found in Multicap, refer to “A.1
Multicap Menus” on page A-1.
