Side menu commands are executed by clicking with button 1 on the buttons. Typing the first few letters of the command name while pointing in a drawing window will also initiate a side menu command. The characters typed are displayed in the ``keys'' box just below the side menu buttons in the main window, or in the upper-right corner of subwindow pop-ups. Commands can be exited by selecting the same or another command in most cases, or by pressing the Esc key.
In the command descriptions, reference if often made to the ``current transform''. This is a rotation, reflection, and magnification specification for moved or copied objects, and for newly created subcells. The current transform is set with the pop-up produced by the Current Transform button in the Edit menu.
Reference is also made to ``selected'' objects. Objects are selected by clicking the left mouse button (button 1) while pointing at the object, or by pressing and holding button 1 so that the object is enclosed in the rectangle formed with the press and release locations. Selecting a second time will deselect the objects, and all selected objects can be deselected with the desel button in the side menu. Selected objects are displayed with a blinking highlighted border. Objects can also be selected with the !select command typed in the prompt area.
Reference is made to various commands that start with an exclamation point ``!'' such as ``!set''. These commands can be entered from the keyboard. Since most of these commands are used infrequently, they are not assigned command buttons. The most important of these commands is probably !set, since this allows certain variables to be set which control the behavior of some side menu commands. These ``!'' commands are described in chapter 14.
The table below summarizes the command buttons provided in the side menus in physical and electrical mode. Note that the side menu is different between physical and electrical modes, and that the operation of some commands which appear in both may differ slightly. These differences are noted in the descriptions. In the text, side menu commands are referenced by their internal names, since the command buttons contain an icon and not a label.
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In addition, the following buttons are associated with the layer menu.
Name | Function | |
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lspec | S button, set layer-specific mode | |
ltup | Up-arrow, forward scroll layer table | |
ltdn | Down-arrow, backward scroll layer table |