Place menu (symbol tab)

(For information on the Place menu in schematic tabs, see Place menu (schematics tab).)

Choosing a command from the menu selects the corresponding graphic tool with which you can draw the desired shape in the symbol view. Drawing tools stay selected until you choose a different tool or press the Escape key.

The Pin, Arrow, Subst. Field, and Text commands work in a similar way but first open a dialog in which you can configure the element to be placed.

Select

Switches to the select tool, which lets you select elements in the symbol graphic.

Pin

Lets you place grounds in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Line

Lets you place resistors in the schematic using a symbol that is common in the EU.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Ellipse

Lets you place grounds in the schematic using a symbol that is common in the US.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Rectangle

Lets you place capacitors in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Arc

Lets you place inductors in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Polyline

Lets you place DC current sources in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Polygon

Lets you place DC voltage sources in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Chord

Lets you place diodes in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Pie

Lets you place narrow wires in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Arrow

Lets you place wide wires in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing grounds.

Subst. Field

Lets you name wires in the schematic.

Choosing the command opens the Wire Name dialog:

Enter Wire Name

The name that you want to give the wire.

Bus Expansion

Rotate

The orientation of the text in the schematic graphic.

OK

Clicking OK closes the dialog and turns the mouse pointer into a representation of the wire name. Clicking a wire applies the name to it.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop naming wires.

Cancel

Clicking Cancel closes the dialog and chooses the select tool (as if you had chosen Select from the Place menu).

Text

Lets you place solder dots in the schematic.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing solder dots.

Selection Box

Lets you place lines in the schematic. Click once for placing the start of the line, and click again to place the end.

Choose a different command from the Place menu or press the Escape key to stop placing lines.