Schematic Editor Options: General

These options are set in the General panel under Schematic Editor in the Options window.

• Symbol Graphics – specifies the graphic symbol style (IEEE or Traditional) to be used on schematics. Each style contains two or more active levels for the graphic objects that comprise a symbol.
• SubCircuit Pin Spacing – specifies the pin spacing in grid units for pins on a subcircuit component symbol. The default value is 1 grid unit.
• Show Pin Labels – specifies that pin labels are to be displayed in the Schematic Editor.
• Property Display Angle Follows Symbol Angle – specifies that displayed text properties rotate when the associated component is rotated. Disabled by default.
• Update Property Display on Definition Update – specifies that when component symbol definitions are updated, the displayed properties of instances of the updated component on the schematic are automatically updated. Enabled by default. If not enabled, only the symbol graphics are updated.
• Auto Scroll when close to edges – specifies that the Schematic Editor display will scroll automatically when the cursor is placed close to the edge of the editor window.
• Show advanced property data - turns on the display of less often used property tabs, such as Symbol and General for components.
• Zoom with mouse wheel – controls the behavior of the mouse wheel on mice so equipped. When enabled, you can zoom while moving the mouse wheel up (zoom in) or down (zoom out); and scroll vertically by holding down the Shift key while moving the mouse wheel or scroll horizontally by holding down the Ctrl key while moving the mouse wheel. When disabled, you can scroll vertically with the mouse wheel, and zoom with the mouse wheel by pressing the Shift key
• Net name display – sets the net name property display distance from the net.
• Symbol Scaling Factor – Third-party vendors often follow a different symbol dimensioning system than that used in Maxwell. Symbol sizes that look appropriate in a third-party application may not be appropriate for Maxwell. To mitigate such issues, the Symbol Scaling factor can be used during import to scale the incoming symbol graphics for symbol formats such as SVG by the specified amount. Similarly, when exporting, the symbol can be rescaled to the original dimensions.
• Selection Colors – sets the colors of the first and subsequent objects as they are selected on a schematic.