Listing Design Elements

Twin Builder provides a convenient way to list the components, graphics, ports and nets of a schematic, namely the Design List dialog box. A Design List dialog box is also used in the symbol editor to list a symbol’s graphics elements.

• To access the Design List dialog box in the schematic editor, select Schematic > List from the Twin Builder top menu bar:

  

• To access the Design List dialog box in the symbol editor, select Symbol > List from the Twin Builder top menu bar.

  

Note that the Design List dialog for the schematic editor contains four tabs: Components, Graphics, Ports, and Nets. For the symbol editor, only the Graphics tab is present.

• Each tab contains a grid that shows the objects that are present in the schematic or symbol editor.
• Each row in the grid contains one item, and each column displays an aspect of that item.
• Click a column header to sort it. Click multiple times to reverse the order of the sort.
• Selecting a row zooms to that item in the editor and selects it.
• Multiple items can be selected at once using the shift or control keys, which will zoom/pan the display so that all selected items are visible.
• The Delete and Properties buttons apply to the objects in the selected rows.
• To manipulate an object’s properties, select the desired object and click Properties to open its properties dialog box for editing.
• To delete objects, select them and click Delete.
• You can undo property changes and deletions.

Components Tab

• Name – Shows the ID of the schematic component.
• Type – Shows the component name from the library.
• Page – Shows the page number on which that component is located.
• Description – Shows the component description.
• Properties – Shows the overridden properties of that component.

Graphics Tab

• Name – Shows the ID of the graphic.
• Type – Shows the graphic type (Circle, Rectangle, Arc, Text, Pin, and so on).
• Page – Shows the page number on which that graphic is located.
• Description – Shows the descriptive text for text and pin graphic types; and is blank for non-textual graphics.

Ports Tab

• Name – Shows the name of the port.
• Type – Shows the port type (Interface, Page, or Global).
• Page – Shows the page number on which that port is located.

Nets Tab

• Name – Shows the name of the net.
• Bus – Selected if the item is a bus, and is cleared for normal wires.
• Page – Shows the page number on which that net is located.

Note that a net may appear more than once if it spans multiple pages.

• Pins – Number of pins connected to that net.
• Segments – Number of individual line segments that comprise that net.