76 lines
2.7 KiB
HTML
76 lines
2.7 KiB
HTML
<p/><b>Usage Summary:</b>
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<table style="border-spacing:2em; border-collapse: separate;">
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<tr>
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<td style="width:10em;">Add a component</td>
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<td>Click on the component in the parts bin (the columns of part icons to
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the right of the diagram area) and drag it onto the diagram. Release
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the mouse when the component is in the correct position.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<!-- note that entities like — may be used. -->
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<tr>
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<td>Move a component</td>
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<td>Click to select a component in the diagram (it will turn green)
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and then drag it to its new location. You can use shift-click to add
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a component to the current selection. Or you can click somewhere in
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the diagram that is not on top of a component and drag out a selection
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rectangle — components intersecting the rectangle will be added to
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the current selection.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Rotate a component</td>
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<td>Click to select a component in the diagram (it will turn green)
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and then type the letter "r" on the keyboard. The component will
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be rotated 90 degrees. Additional rotations will move the component
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through its eight possible orientations (4 compass points and their
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reflections).
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Delete a component</td>
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<td>Click to select the component in the diagram (shift-click to
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select multiple components) then type DEL or BACKSPACE on your
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keyboard.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Change a component's properties</td>
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<td>Double click on the component. This will bring up an Edit Properties
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window that has input fields for each of the component's properties.
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Click OK to change the values. Click CANCEL or the window's close
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button to abort the changes. Numeric values can be entered using
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engineeering notation:
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<center><table style="border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:1em;">
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<tr><th>suffix</th><th>multiplier</th> <th style="width:3em"></th> <th>suffix</th><th>multiplier</th></tr>
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<tr><td>T</td><td>\(10^{12}\)</td> <td></td> <td>u</td><td>\(10^{-6}\)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>G</td><td>\(10^{9}\)</td> <td></td> <td>n</td><td>\(10^{-9}\)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>M</td><td>\(10^{6}\)</td> <td></td> <td>p</td><td>\(10^{-12}\)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>k</td><td>\(10^{3}\)</td> <td></td> <td>f</td><td>\(10^{-15}\)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>m</td><td>\(10^{-3}\)</td></tr>
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</table></center>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Add a wire</td>
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<td>Wires start at connection points, the open circles that
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appear at the terminals of components or the ends of wires.
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Click on a connection point to start a wire — a green wire
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will appear with one end anchored at the starting point.
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Drag the mouse and release the mouse button when the other
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end of the wire is positioned as you wish. Once a wire has
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been added to the diagram it can be manipulated like any other
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component.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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