SIMPLORER User Manual V6.0 - FER-a

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344 Schematic Environment
Modifying the Model Bar
You can specify which components are available on the Schematic model bar. Each library
model can be inserted. To place a model bar component on the sheet, click the symbol and
release the mouse button. The component “sticks to” the mouse pointer. Click in the sheet to
define the component position.
Creating and Using a Model Bar in the Schematic
1 Decide which components to include on the model bar.
2 Create a symbol (.bmp file with 16x15 pixel and 16 colors) for each of component you want
to include.
3 Enter the symbol in the corresponding property dialog for each component:
a. Click the «Files» tab of the component property dialog (double-click the name in the Model
Agent).
b. Click to insert a file. In the box above, you can define a file for the selected lanuage
in the dialog, in the box below, for all languages .
c. Select the «Model Bar» file type and check the «Intern» box to include the file in the library.
d. Click .
4 Modify the POWDER.INI file (Database and component ID) as follows:
a. Open your user POWDER.INI in your Windows system folder.
b. Enter the following entries after the Model Bar section.
c. Save the file.
INI Text Description
[ModelBar] Start of the model bar section
NumberOfModels=5 Number of models including separators in the bar.
Database0=E:\alpha\macro.smd First entry with index 0 and library path.
ModelID0=1
Model ID in the defined library.
Database8=.\DISPLAY.SMD Second entry with the index 1 and library path.
ModelID8=2
Model ID in the defined library.
Database4=.\Basic Elements.smd Third entry with the index 4 and library path. The miss-
ModelID4=32
ing index 3 creates a separator before the symbol.
Database5=.\Basic Elements.smd Fourth entry with the index 5 and library path.
ModelID5=30
Model ID in the defined library.
The model ID of a library component is displayed in the «Library» dialog of the dropped component
on the sheet. The POWDER.INI is located in the Windows system folder when Schematic
is opened, otherwise the file is in the corresponding SIMPLORER folder with user
settings. After changing the .ini file you must (close) start Schematic.