Round Rectangle

Parent page: Schematic Objects

A placed Round Rectangle

Summary

A round rectangle is a non-electrical drawing primitive, which is essentially a rectangle object with rounded corners. It is a graphic element that can be placed on a schematic sheet and can be filled or unfilled.

Availability

Round rectangles are available for placement in both Schematic and Schematic Library Editors:

• Schematic Editor - click Home | Graphical Elements |  from the main menus.
• Schematic Library Editor - click Home | Place |  from the main menus.

Placement

After launching the command, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and you will enter round rectangle placement mode. Placement is made by performing the following sequence of actions:

1. Click or press Enter to anchor the first corner of the round rectangle.
2. Move the cursor to adjust the size of the round rectangle then click or press Enter to complete placement.
3. Continue placing further round rectangles, or right-click or press Esc to exit placement mode.

Additional actions that can be performed during placement – while the round rectangle is still floating on the cursor, and before its first corner is anchored – are:

• Press the Tab key to access an associated properties dialog, from where properties for the round rectangle can be changed on-the-fly.
• Press the Alt key to constrain the direction of movement to the horizontal or vertical axis, depending on the initial direction of movement.
• Press the Spacebar to rotate the round rectangle counterclockwise or Shift+Spacebar for clockwise rotation. Rotation is in increments of 90°.
• Press the X or Y keys to mirror the round rectangle along the X-axis or Y-axis respectively.

Graphical Editing

This method of editing allows you to select a placed round rectangle object directly in the workspace and change its size, shape or location graphically.

When a rounded rectangle object is selected, the following editing handles are available:

A selected Round Rectangle.

• Click and drag A to resize the round rectangle in the vertical and horizontal directions simultaneously.
• Click and drag B to resize the round rectangle in the vertical and horizontal directions separately.
• Click and drag C to change the curvature of the corners. This affects all corners equally, regardless of which editing handle is chosen.
• Click anywhere on the round rectangle – away from editing handles – and drag to reposition it. While dragging, the round rectangle can be rotated (Spacebar/Shift+Spacebar) or mirrored (X or Y keys to mirror along the X-axis or Y-axis respectively).

Non-Graphical Editing

The following methods of non-graphical editing are available:

Via an Associated Properties Dialog

Dialog page: Round Rectangle

This method of editing uses the Round Rectangle dialog to modify the properties of a round rectangle object.

The Round Rectangle dialog

The 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.

Via an Inspector Panel

Panel pages: SCH Inspector, SCHLIB Inspector

An Inspector panel enables you to interrogate and edit the properties of one or more design objects in the active document.