Editing Operations

When the Schematic Editor is the active window, click Edit on the top menu bar to access the drop-down list that contains the following commands. The commands that are active depend on what is selected, and on the previous command.

• Undo undoes the last operation. The last operation you performed appears in this menu item.
• Redo re-executes the last operation that was undone. The last operation you performed appears in this menu item.
• Cut deletes the selected component or wire segment, and retains a copy for pasting into a schematic in the same application.
• Copy creates a local copy for pasting into a schematic in the same application.
• Paste puts the local object from the previous copy or cut into the schematic.
• Delete deletes the component.
• Rename activates the text field of the selected schematic, project, plot, or other editable item in the Project tree so that you can modify the object’s name.
• Select All selects all the components and nets in the schematic.
• Select Elements opens a dialog so that you can select a component by name. See Selecting Elements.
• Find Elements opens a dialog so that you can find all elements that match the criteria you specify. See Finding Elements in the Schematic Editor.
• Copy to Clipboard creates a global copy on the clipboard for pasting into a different application.
• Properties opens the Properties dialog for the selected element. See Editing Component Properties.
• Copy Data is used for copying properties for components and primitive drawing elements. See Copying and Pasting Properties
• Paste Data is used for pasting properties for components and primitive drawing elements. See Copying and Pasting Properties
• Activate restores a deactivated component to the circuit.
• Deactivate (Open) temporarily converts the component into an open circuit. This is displayed graphically with a red X over the circuit element.
• Deactivate (Short) – temporarily converts the component into a short circuit. This is displayed graphically with a circled red X over the circuit element. Deactivating (short) a component with multiple conservative pins will connect all the conservative pins to the same net. Deactivating (short) a block (which contains non-conservative pins) does not work the same as the circuit component, and the output of the shorted block will be 0.
• Name Wire opens a dialog so that you can assign a new name to the selected wire node.