Project Manager Tree Organization
Information contained in the design is organized into folders in the Project manager tree:
- Data—Substrate data, library references, netlist fragments, and so on
- Excitations—Sources in the circuit
- Ports—Ports in the circuit
- Analysis—Setup information to perform various analyses
- Optimetrics—Setup information to perform optimization, statistical analysis, and so on
- Results—Collection of graphs and tables for the design
- Definitions—The collection of components, symbols, footprints, and so on, accessible from Ansys Electronics Desktop
Double-clicking an item in these folders typically opens a dialog used to set the properties of that item.
Right-click Shortcut Menu
Right-clicking a folder or item pops up a shortcut menu that allows you to perform various operations. Virtually all project editing and management can be done from the Project Manager window using the right mouse button shortcut menus. Many of these menus are also available from the main menu bar in the various Ansys Electronics Desktop product menus.
Dockable Project Manager Window
The Project Manager window is a dockable window. It can be moved and sized any way you want it and it can attach itself to any edge of the Ansys Electronics Desktop.
Dragging and Dropping
To help facilitate the easy copying of design materials, Ansys Electronics Desktop allows you to drag and drop (or copy and paste) designs and components from the Project Manager window to the Schematic Editor. In particular, in the Project tab of the Project Manager window, you can select and drag:
- A design from the Project Tree to a schematic
- A component from the Definitions folder to a schematic
You can also drag and drop (or copy and paste) designs in the Project Window onto a Circuit Design icon in the Project window.
Dragging and dropping (or copying and pasting) an HFSS, Q3D, 2D Extractor, or SIwave design onto a Circuit Design or schematic creates a new dynamic link. Note If you hold the Ctrl key down while dropping or pasting, the appropriate Dynamic Link dialog will open, which allows you to make choices such as using an HFSS dynamic link in Transmission Line Model mode.