Setting Up Multi-Page Schematics

Setting up multi-page schematics involves two activities: adding pages, and adding and naming page connectors to establish electrical connectivity between them as necessary.

To add a page or pages to a schematic:

1. Open the schematic to which you want to add a new page or pages.
2. Click the New Page tab; or right-click the tab and select New Page from the context menu.

   You are now editing the new page, 2.

3. Repeat as necessary to add additional pages.

To remove a page from a schematic:

1. Open the schematic from which you want to remove a page or pages.
2. Do either of the following:
   1. Right-click the tab of the page you want to remove and select Remove Page from the context menu.
   2. Click the tab of the page you want to remove and select Remove Page on the Schematic menu. In the Remove Pages dialog box, select the page or pages you want to remove and click OK.

To change a page’s properties:

1. Select the page.
2. Do either of the following:
   1. On the Schematic menu, click Page Properties.
   2. Right-click the tab of the page whose properties you want to change and select Properties from the context menu.
3. Edit the properties listed on the Page Properties tab.

To establish a common electrical connection between pages:

You can place a page connector on each page that will share the connection. To do this on each page:

1. Select the page.
2. Do either of the following:

• On the Draw menu, clickPage Connector.
• On the Schematic Draw toolbar, click the Page connector icon .

The cursor, now associated with a page connector symbol for placement, moves to the center of the schematic window. To place the connector, click at the desired location.

If Multiple Placement is turned on for page connectors in the Schematic Options dialog box, you can click additional locations to place additional connectors.

To stop placing page connectors during multiple placement, do either of the following:

• Press Enter, the SPACEBAR, Backspace, or Esc on your keyboard.
• Right-click and select Place and Finish, Finish, Cancel, or Back.
  Note:

  To ensure electrical connectivity among schematic elements, the pins of placed page connectors snap to a 100-mil (2.54-millimeter) grid. This snapping cannot be turned off, and the spacing of the connectivity grid cannot be adjusted.

Within a design and at the same hierarchical level, all page connectors with the same name act as a common electrical connection. Therefore, once you have finished placing page connectors that you want to be electrically common, you must ensure that they all have the same name. To change the name of a page connector, do either of the following:

• Open its Properties dialog box - double-click the connector’s schematic symbol, type a new name into the Value cell for the port’s Name property, and click OK.
• Click the connector.

In the Parameters tab of the Properties window, click the Value cell for the NetName parameter, type the new name, and press Enter.

To remove a page or pages from a schematic:

1. Open the schematic from which you want to remove a page or pages.
2. On the Schematic Menu, select Remove Page to open the Remove Pages dialog box.
3. In the Remove Pages dialog box, select the pages you want to remove, and click OK.

   To remove a page, right-click the tab of the page you want to remove, and select Remove Page from the context menu.