Don said:
That's true, but in SS, if components are joined end-to-end without
intervening wire, there is no rubber banding. Neither does the
attached component drag with the one you are moving - they simply
slide apart. I am not going to say this is a bug, and I'm not sure I
would do it any other way.
I agree that there is a blemish for pin to pin connections not
automatically rubberbanding when seperating. You can actully get it to
so this by connecting them first with a wire when seperated, and then
joining up the pins. The wire stays theres with a length of 0!.
The reason I have not bothered to fix this is simple. A "correct"
*simulation* schematic should *always* have at least two grid dots
separating them, ie. no direct pin to pin connections. The reason for
this is, if you want to probe the voltage on that pin, you need a wire
between them to click or place a test point on. Once you get used to
doing this, you dont give it a second thought. Its the way it wants to
be when your doing the 40 hours a week simulation bit. It is very
annoying when you realise after the fact that you want to probe that pin
voltage.
I think that is a result of the coarse grid
Symbol lines can be drawn on any grid with the symbol editor. The
fundamental reason for this drawing is because I am a shit artist. Its
why the toolbar buttons don't have graphics on them. Although, after the
fact, I think the letters are much easier to understand then graphics.
- the v style of depiction
isn't normal in Limeyworld either.
Never tried LTSpice, but I have tried Capture and despite promising
myself to learn it and like it, I returned very gratefully to PSched.
This is very true.
Sure, most things are a matter of opinion and not absolute. However,
sometimes, some just haven't got around to thinking about an issue, just
because they haven't. Most of the blemishes in SS exist because I have
actually thought about them, and why they arnt as big an issue as might
be imagined. This leaves time to do the more useful things. For example,
my method of allowing placement by symbol or model is unique and very
useful. Or for example, if you use the circuits tab, you can place pre
drawn little circuit blocks just like you can place symbols. etc..., or
for example, my DeviceDesigner feature that actually calculates the
component values from required currents and voltages.
Kevin Aylward
[email protected]
http://www.anasoft.co.uk
SuperSpice, a very affordable Mixed-Mode
Windows Simulator with Schematic Capture,
Waveform Display, FFT's and Filter Design.
