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    10 Helpful Hints For ADS - 03 - 09

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    The document provides tips for using keyboard shortcuts when working in software programs to design schematics more efficiently. It recommends using keyboard shortcuts over mouse operations to reduce strain injuries. Customizable hotkeys are available to perform frequent commands faster, and can be set up in the Customization dialog box. Entering component names in the Component History window and copying already placed components are also suggested to speed up schematic generation.

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    The document provides tips for using keyboard shortcuts when working in software programs to design schematics more efficiently. It recommends using keyboard shortcuts over mouse operations to reduce strain injuries. Customizable hotkeys are available to perform frequent commands faster, and can be set up in the Customization dialog box. Entering component names in the Component History window and copying already placed components are also suggested to speed up schematic generation.

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    The document provides tips for using keyboard shortcuts when working in software programs to design schematics more efficiently. It recommends using keyboard shortcuts over mouse operations to reduce strain injuries. Customizable hotkeys are available to perform frequent commands faster, and can be set up in the Customization dialog box. Entering component names in the Component History window and copying already placed components are also suggested to speed up schematic generation.

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    The document provides tips for using keyboard shortcuts when working in software programs to design schematics more efficiently. It recommends using keyboard shortcuts over mouse operations to reduce strain injuries. Customizable hotkeys are available to perform frequent commands faster, and can be set up in the Customization dialog box. Entering component names in the Component History window and copying already placed components are also suggested to speed up schematic generation.

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    Learning to Drive Using the Keyboard

    HINT
    When you first learn to drive
    a software program, it is usu-
    ally easiest to use the mouse.
    As you become more of an
    ctrl+o for View/ Push Into Hier-
    archy
    Use F7 to launch simulations,
    and the escape key to termi-
    1
    expert user, however, it can nate commands.
    often be faster to use the key-
    board to execute commands. F5 moves component text.
    Also, heavy software users who After moving a component, it
    rely too much on mouse opera- remains selected. To deselect
    tions run the risk of developing it, just click on a blank spot in
    repetitive strain injuries. the schematic.

    The HP Advanced Design Sys-


    tem has many built-in hot keys
    (Alt+f, for example, opens the
    File menu), and you can cus-
    tomize hot keys to perform
    operations that you use fre-
    quently.
    In the Options menu of the
    Main window or of a design
    window, the command
    Menu/Toolbar Configuration
    opens the Customization dia-
    log box where you can custom-
    ize both hot keys and the tool
    bar configuration. In the Main
    window, you can customize
    Main window operations; in a
    design window, you can cus-
    tomize hot keys for that type of
    design (schematic and layout
    are set independently).
    Hot key suggestions for editing
    schematics:
    f for View All
    d for Redraw View
    z for Zoom Area
    2 for Zoom Out x2
    e for Edit Component Param.
    t for Draw (insert) Text
    w for Component Wire (draw-
    ing wires between components)
    m for Move & Disconnect (in
    most cases, this is preferable to
    the Move command, which
    causes wires to remain con-
    nected) Figure 1. Setting Schematic Hot Keys

    3
    Using Short Cuts when
    Generating Schematics HINT
    When you create a schematic,
    there are a couple techniques
    that can help speed things up:
    1. Copy components that you
    7
    have already placed on the
    schematic, rather than
    placing new ones (using
    the menus or palettes)
    each time.
    2. Enter component names
    in the Component History
    window. For example, type
    R for resistor, and press
    Enter. Then place the com-
    ponent in the schematic.
    You must type in the exact
    name of the component you
    want; remember that ADS
    is case sensitive.
    3. Because the Component
    History window keeps a
    list of the components you
    place in the schematic
    (after initially opening the
    window), if you see that a
    particular component is
    already in the schematic, Click here to display the drop-down list
    you can click the
    down-arrow next to the
    Component History win-
    dow, select the desired
    component, and insert the
    part in the schematic.

    Figure 1. Component History Window with List of Placed Components

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