Parent page: Schematic Commands
The following pre-packaged resources, derived from this base command, are available:
Applied Parameters: DocumentKind=Schematic
This command is used to create a new schematic document from a chosen sheet symbol and add ports for each of the sheet entries on that symbol. In this way, you can quickly build up the required structure for your hierarchical schematic designs in top-down fashion. A hierarchical design is one where the structure - or sheet-to-sheet relationships - in the design is represented. This is done with sheet symbols, which represent lower sheets in the design hierarchy. The symbol represents the sheet below, and the sheet entries in it represent (or connect to) the ports on the sheet below. The advantage of the hierarchical design is that it shows the reader the structure of the design and that the connectivity is completely predictable and easily traced since it is always from the child sheet up to the sheet symbol on the parent sheet.
This command is accessed from the Schematic Editor by choosing the Design » Create Sheet From Sheet Symbol command from the main menus.
First, ensure that the schematic document that contains the sheet symbol from which you want to make a sheet is the active document in the main design window.
After launching the command, the cursor will change to a crosshair and you will be prompted to choose a sheet symbol. Position the cursor over the sheet symbol then click or press Enter. The schematic document will be created and opened as the active document. The matching ports to the sheet entries on the symbol will be located in the bottom left-hand corner of the new document.
Applied Parameters: ContextSensitive=True|DocumentKind=Schematic
This command is used to create a new schematic document from the sheet symbol currently under the cursor and add ports for each of the sheet entries on that symbol. In this way, you can quickly build up the required structure for your hierarchical schematic designs. A hierarchical design is one where the structure - or sheet-to-sheet relationships - in the design is represented. This is done with sheet symbols, which represent lower sheets in the design hierarchy. The symbol represents the sheet below, and the sheet entries in it represent (or connect to) the ports on the sheet below. The advantage of the hierarchical design is that it shows the reader the structure of the design and that the connectivity is completely predictable and easily traced since it is always from the child sheet up to the sheet symbol on the parent sheet.
This command is accessed from the Schematic Editor by right-clicking over a placed sheet symbol and choosing the Sheet Symbol Actions » Create Sheet From Sheet Symbol command from the context menu.
After launching the command, the schematic document will be created and opened as the active document. The matching ports to the sheet entries on the symbol will be located in the bottom left-hand corner of the new document.
