Page Connector

A page connector serves as a named connection to a signal that is common to two or more pages of the schematic. Page connectors thus serve as graphic reminders that a signal may be present on elsewhere on the page, or on another page. Any node with a given name (system-generated or user-defined) is connected across all pages that reference it.

Note:

When translating legacy schematics having wires that are too close to pins to which they are not connected, page connectors are added to the pins on the translated schematic to maintain proper connectivity.

To place a page connector in the schematic:

  1. Click on the Schematic ribbon, or select Draw > Page Connector.

The cursor, carrying a page connector symbol for placement, can be moved to the schematic window.

  1. To place a page connector, click the desired location on the schematic.
    Note:

    Press R to rotate a page connector before placing it. Each press rotates the page connector 90º counterclockwise. Press Ctrl+R to rotate the page connector after placement.

By default, the port is named Pageport_n, where n is an arbitrary integer.

The name of the connector is the same as the name of the node or net to which it is connected. Node names of the form net_n are generated during the wiring operation; select the wire and click the PortName in the Parameter Values tab to rename it. If the connector is placed so that it connects to an existing node with a system-assigned name (net_n), the node is renamed to the name of the port. If you manually named the node, the node retains its user-defined name and the page connector gets that name.

Note:

If you paste an existing page port to an existing net, the page port takes the name of the net.

To rename a connector (and the node to which it connects):

  1. Click the connector to select it and view its properties in the property window.
  2. Click the connector name in the PortName field to open the Page Port Name dialog box.
  3. Enter the desired name and click OK.

The Properties dialog box reflects the new name.

You can also change a connector name attached to a node. Select the node and click the node name in its property window. A Net Name dialog box opens for you to specify a new name. Changing the net name changes the names of any connectors attached to that node.

If you name a connector the same as an existing net, the two nodes are merged into a single node with that name. A dialog box appears for you to confirm the merge operation.