Create Sheet From Sheet Symbol

Parent process: Sch:CreateSheetFromSheetSymbol

Applied parameters: DocumentKind=Schematic

Summary

This command is used to create a new schematic document from a sheet symbol and adds ports for each of the sheet entries on the symbol. In this way, you can automatically create the sub-sheets for a multi-sheet schematic design, based on the sheet symbols you have created and placed on the top sheet.

First, ensure that the schematic document that contains the sheet symbol(s) is the active document in the main design window.

After launching the command, the cursor will change to a crosshair and you will be prompted to choose a sheet symbol. Simply position the cursor over the sheet symbol that you wish to create a sheet from and click or press ENTER. A dialog will appear, asking whether you wish to reverse input/output directions. This option changes the new sheet's port electrical types to be opposite to the sheet entries that they represent. Choose Yes or No as required - the schematic document will be created and opened as the active document. The matching ports to the sheet entries on the symbol will be located in the bottom left-hand corner of the new document.

Access

In SCH Editor, run command Design » Create Sheet From Sheet Symbol. 

Notes

The schematic document that is created takes the sheet symbol filename to be its filename. You can either enter the intended name for the document in the sheet symbol's Filename field, complete with extension (i.e. DocumentName.SchDoc), or leave the name blank and enter the name when saving the document at a later stage.

Care should be taken when creating a sheet from a sheet symbol and a sheet with that filename already exists. A new sheet with the same filename will be created. The duplication can be resolved when saving, by either saving the new sheet with a different name, or overwriting the existing sheet if required.