User Guide

Chapter 4 Creating and Editing Designs
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Placing Power and Ground
Symbols
In PSpice Schematics, power and ground symbols are a
type of global port symbol. The label on the port defines
the name of the power supply.
Placing Power and Ground Symbols
Placing a symbol on the schematic
1 From the Draw menu, select the Get New Part button
(see Finding Parts
on page 4-80) to select a port symbol
from the part browser.
2 Move the outline pointer to where you want the part
located and click.
To place several instances, point and click at each
additional location.
Stopping part placement
To stop placing the symbol, do one of the following:
• Double-click to place the last instance of the symbol.
• Right-click to stop placing the symbol without placing
an additional symbol.
The outline changes back to a pointer.
P
l
acing an
d
e
d
iting power an
d
groun
d
symbols is the same as placing and editing
other part symbols with the following
considerations:
• Power and ground symbols are
contained in the “port.slb” symbol
library.
• You can use the symbol editor to create
your own custom power and ground
symbols.
Th
e power an
d
groun
d
sym
b
o
l
s containe
d
in “port.slb” library and available for
placing on a schematic are:
AGND
EGND
+5V
-5V
BUBBLE
GND_ANALOG
GND_EARTH