Option

Description

Undo

Cancels the last edit operation. The number of operations that can be undone is controlled by the UndoBuffers initialization file property.

Redo

Cancels the last undo command. The size of the redo buffer is controlled by the UndoBuffers initialization file property.

Cut

Copies the selected objects to the Clipboard and deletes them from the circuit window. The objects can later be pasted into the same or other circuit windows, or even other instances of ATPDraw.

Copy

Copies the selected objects to the Clipboard.

Paste

Inserts the objects in the Clipboard into the circuit window.

Paste keep n

Paste the clipboard circuit keeping the node names. Can be useful when pasting between circuits, but beware of node naming conflicts.

Duplicate

Copies the selected objects to the Clipboard and then inserts them into the circuit.

Clear

Removes the selected objects from the circuit window.

Copy

Graphics Copies the selected objects to the Clipboard as a Windows Metafile object.

Select All:

Select all objects

None:

Unselect all objects

Inside:

Enables you to select a range of objects by specifying a polygon shaped region in the circuit window. The mouse cursor style will change to indicate this mode of operation and the cursor is locked in and moved to the middle of the circuit window. Left click to create corners, right to complete the polygon. Components with midpoint inside or connections with both endpoints inside the polygon becomes a group. Equivalent to double click in open circuit area.

Properties:

Enables you to select a group by their type or group number. See the Select dialog.

Overlap:

Selects the overlapping objects after a Run ATP/Make names operation canceled by the user when components overlap. In this case the on-top objects are drawn with a dark cyan color. This is useful when a large group is duplicated on top. The overlapping connections are automatically removed.

Arrange

Arrange the selected circuit object in the list of objects. The component in the front is written first to the ATP file and is prioritized in mouse clicks. When you build up the circuit, the last object you add will be the object in the back. You can send all Connections back which gives a more reasonable mouse click priority to Components. You can also select to sort the Models in correct sequence without having to set their Order property.

The object sequence can be inspected in the Sidebar.

Edit Text

Enables you to edit and move a component label, a node text label, or a free text label. The mouse cursor style will change to indicate this mode of operation and the cursor is locked in the circuit window. Click and hold left mouse button to move a label. Simple click left mouse button to edit a label. Click in open space to place a new free text (black) and click in open space to exit the edit operation. Release the mouse button to exit the move operation (the label's position is grid snapped to the nearest 5th pixel).

Rotate R

Rotates the selected objects 90 degrees clockwise. This operation can also be performed by clicking the right mouse button inside the selected region.

Rotate L

Rotates the selected objects 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

Flip

Flips a single component left-to-right. Affects both the symbol and the node positions. Works much better for vector graphic components.

Rubber bands

If you check this, a selected connection with one endpoint inside a group becomes a rubber band between the selected group and the rest of the circuit.

Draw Line3

When selected LINE3 components are drawn instead of Connections.

Compress

Single icon replacement of a selected group. Brings up the Compress window where you can specify the external nodes and data. No limit on the number of sub-groups. Select this also for Recompress of a selected group component.

Extract

The opposite operation as Compress. The group is extracted on the current level. The group icon must be selected first.

Edit Group

Display the contents of a group. It is possible to edit the group in a normal way, but deletion of reference components is illegal.

Edit Circuit

Goes one step back and displays the circuit where the current group belong. Actually the grouping structure can be looked at as a 3 dimensional circuit where Edit Group brings you one step down in details while Edit Circuit brings you one step up. The group object (single icon replacement objects) acts as the connection between the layers and transfers data between them.