User guide
GEL100340
5.
Creating Software Schematics
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5.1 Placing Software Blocks
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5.1.1 Toolbar Placing Blocks by Drag&Drop from the Block
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5.1.2
Placing
Blocks
using
the Insert Menu
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5.2 Connecting
Software Blocks
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5.3 Placing Text and Labels
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5.3-l Placing a Text
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5.3.2 Placing a Label
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5.3.3
Modifying
the Text ....................................................................................................................
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5.3.4 Moving Texts or Labels
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5.4 Editing the Ports of Blocks
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5.4.1
Opening the Ports Editor Dialog
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54.2 Setting the Port Connection
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5.4.3 Setting the Port Attributes
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5.5
Editing
Block Parameters
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5.6 Changing the View
of the Schematic
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5.6.1
Positioning
the View
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56.2
Changing the Zoom factor
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5.6.3 Displaying additional Information on the Window
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5.7
Modifying
Schematics
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5.7.1 Selecting blocks and lines .........................................................................................................
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5.7.2 Moving selected items
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5.7.3 Copying
and
Moving via the
Clipboard ....................................................................................
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5.7.4
Resizing
items
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5.7.5
Deleting items
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5.7.6
Rotating
Blocks
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5.8 Printing Schematics
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5.8-l
Printing
in Window
Mode
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5.8.2
Printing
in
Page Mode
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5.8.3 Page Setup
for Printing
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5.8.4 Setting Stamp Variables
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5.8.5 Stamp
definition file format
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6.
Connection
to
External
Variables ...............................................................................................................
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6.1 Variables and Logicals
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6.2 The Variables
Dialog
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6.3 The Logicals Dialog
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6.4 Connecting Block Ports to Logicals
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7.
Working
with
Hierachy and Compound
Blocks .........................................................................................
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7.1
Creating and Opening Compound Blocks
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7.1-l Creating a New Compound Block
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7.1.2 Opening an existing Compound Block
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7.1.3
Renaming
a
Compound Block ..................................................................................................
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7.2 Block Inputs
and Outputs ...................................................................................................................
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7.2.1 Placing Input and Output Ports
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7.2.2 Renaming Ports
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7.2.3
Changing
the Size of Ports ........................................................................................................
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7.3 Updating and
Closing
a Compound
Block ........................................................................................
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7.4 Copying Compound Blocks
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