Sheet

Parent page: Sch

With the Sheet panel you can keep track of your location in a Schematic, control the zoom level and instigate Interactive Navigation.

Summary

The Sheet panel provides a mini-viewer for the active document, allowing you to pan and zoom the actual design document in the design editor window, using the available controls in the panel.

Panel Access

To open the Schematic Sheet panel click the SCH button  at the bottom-right of Circuit Studio when the Schematic Editor is active, and select the Sheet entry from the pop-up menu.

Panels can be configured to be floating in the editor space or docked to sides of the screen. If the Sheet panel is currently in the group of docked Workspace panels on the left, use the Sheet tab located at the bottom of the panels to bring it to the front.

View Window

The main region of the panel contains a small image of the active schematic sheet. Imposed on this image is a red viewing box, the extents of which define the area currently displayed in the design editor window.

As you pan around the document in the design editor window - using either the horizontal and vertical scrollbars or the right-click panning hand - the viewing box in the panel will move accordingly. Conversely, if you click inside the viewing box and drag it around the document image, the document in the design editor window will be panned accordingly, and at the current zoom level.

As you zoom in or out in the design editor window, the viewing box will be resized accordingly in the panel. Conversely, resizing the viewing box in the panel will cause the zoom level to change in the design editor window. The smaller the size of the viewing box, the more the actual document has been zoomed-in.

Panel Zoom Controls

The Sheet panel zoom can also be set using the collection of zoom controls at the bottom of the panel.

The zoom level in the panel and editor window can be:

• set in steps using the Zoom In button  and and the Zoom Out button .
• continuously varied via the Zoom Slider
• directly entered using the Zoom Level box , where 0 is the maximum zoom-out levl and 100 represents the maximum zoom-in level. Once entered, press ENTER to effect the change.
• set to show all design objects on the active document using the Fit All Objects button .

Zoom Levels

Nominal

The following image shows the case when the zoom level for the current document is set at 100% in the schematic editor workspace - a zoom level of 60 in the Sheet panel.

Zoomed In

The following image shows the case when the zoom level for the current document is set to 85 in the Sheet panel, or to a high level of zoom in the editor workspace.

Fit All Objects

The following image shows the case when the zoom level is set to include all objects in the editor document using the Sheet panel's Fit All Objects button .

Navigation Controls

The Circuit Studio navigation method and options can be set using the cluster of navigation controls at the bottom of the panel of the Sheet panel.

Use the Navigation Preferences button  to open the System - Navigation section of the Preferences dialog.

Click the Interactive Navigation button to engage Circuit Studio's Interactive Navigation mode. The cursor changes to a cross-hair, and as you navigate a design document, the Navigator panel (if open) will be updated with the information relative to your selection in the design editor window. The cursor will remain in this navigation mode until you right-click or press the Esc key.

The two direction arrows at either side of the Interactive Navigation button are for browsing back  and forth  through the browse path, thereby providing a simple history of your recent browsing.

Notes

• The viewing box in the panel can be resized by clicking and dragging on any of its vertices.
• For zoom levels of 50 and lower, the viewing box may not be readily visible within the panel, depending on the current size of the panel.