Round Rectangle
Created: Dezember 16, 2024 | Updated: August 16, 2018
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Summary
This dialog provides controls to specify the properties of a Round Rectangle object. A round rectangle is a non-electrical drawing primitive. Essentially a rectangle object with rounded corners, it is a graphic element that can be placed on a schematic sheet – filled or unfilled.
Access
The Round Rectangle dialog can be accessed during placement by pressing the Tab key.
After placement, the dialog can be accessed in one of the following ways:
- Double-click on the placed round rectangle object.
- Place the cursor over the round rectangle object, right-click then choose Properties from the context menu.
Options/Controls
- Border Width - the width of the border used to draw the outline of the rectangular shape. Available widths are:
Smallest
,Small
,Medium
, andLarge
. - Draw Solid - if this option is enabled, the rectangle is filled with the color set in the Fill Color field. If this option is disabled, the rectangle is drawn in outline only.
- Fill Color - click the color sample to change the fill color for the rectangle using the standard Choose Color dialog. The Draw Solid option must be enabled for the rectangle to be filled.
- Border Color - click the color sample to change the color used for the border around the rectangle using the standard Choose Color dialog.
- Location X1/Y1 - the current X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) coordinates for the bottom-left corner of the rectangle. Edit these values to change the position of this corner in the horizontal and/or vertical planes respectively.
- Location X2/Y2 - the current X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) coordinates for the top-right corner of the rectangle. Edit these values to change the position of this corner in the horizontal and/or vertical planes respectively.
- X-Radius - use this field to control the curvature of the rectangle's corners in the horizontal plane.
- Y-Radius - use this field to control the curvature of the rectangle's corners in the vertical plane.
- Locked - enable this option to protect the rectangle from being edited graphically.