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Using Connectors........................................................................................52
About Connectors.....................................................................................52
To Add a Fixed Connector..........................................................................53
To Move Components and Connectors.........................................................53
To Mark a Pin Name as Lowercase ..............................................................54
To Show or Hide Node Names....................................................................54
Tip: Switching Node Names .......................................................................54
Parametric Connectors..............................................................................54
Grouping Component Symbols......................................................................59
About Grouping Connector and Component Symbols.....................................59
To Create a Component Group Definition.....................................................59
To Save a Group Definition File ..................................................................60
To Modify a Component Group Definition.....................................................60
To Create a Component Group Instance ......................................................61
Creating Spools ..........................................................................................62
About Spools ...........................................................................................62
To Create a Wire or Cable Spool.................................................................63
To Modify Spool Parameters ......................................................................63
To Rename Spools ...................................................................................63
To Save and Retrieve Spools .....................................................................64
Adding Wires..............................................................................................64
About Adding Wires ..................................................................................64
Tip: Orthogonal and Nonorthogonal Sketching .............................................65
To Create a Wire Path...............................................................................65
To Change the Active Spool .......................................................................65
To Make New Wires Follow an Existing Wire .................................................66
To Change the Wire Path...........................................................................66
To Change From-To Direction ....................................................................66
To Add a Break to a Wire ..........................................................................67
To Rename Wires .....................................................................................67
To Change the Spool Assigned to a Wire or Cable .........................................67