Contains options for manipulating objects in the active circuit window. Such objects are components, connections, relations and circuit comment.
| 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 names | Inserts the objects in the Clipboard into the circuit window, keep the node names. Could result in name 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 |
| Select None: |
Unselect all objects |
| Select 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.; |
| Select Properties: |
Enables you to select a group by their type or group number. See the Select dialog. |
| Select Overlap: |
Selects the overlapping objects after a Run ATP/Make names operation cancelled 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. |
| Edit Text | Enables you to edit and move a componentlabel, 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 buttun 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. |
| 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 referenced 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 dimentional 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 transferes data between them. |
| Comment | Enables you to change the circuit comment by bringing up the Comment dialog box. |