![[-]](https://theultimatetone.com/images/collapse.png "[-]")
08-06-2019, 08:20 PM
Part-3
In the case of a simple circuit you likely won't bother with frames or the need for ports or wire links. However, it is very easy to have a circuit becomes wildly larger than a piece of letter size paper. The test is simply to print it out and see if it is legible. If it is not, you can easily break up the schematic and place parts of it on new sheets - as many as required.
To break the schematic apart, you can GROUP and MOVE a portion sideways so it is easier to cut off and delete. before you cut nets between the two circuit sections, add the wire-links. On a given net, add two of the same wire-link to that trace then remove the net in between them. repeat this for any other connections that should stay intact between the two circuit blocks.
Once the two blocks are no longer visually connected, you can GROUP, CUT and GO on the block to be moved. The circuit portion is now in the clip board and you can delete the block from the schematic. Now open a new sheet, then select the PASTE function and the circuit should be attached to the cursor. Left click to stick it in place. Now the circuit is spread over two sheetsbut connections between them remain intact.
If we only have a schematic, we can do things in a slightly different way, but it is better to use the method described if you have already laid out the board, or have begun doing so.
If you are revising the schematic for a completed board, only to make the schematic more readable when printed, then there are a few extra steps that must be made. We will look at that in Part-4.
In the case of a simple circuit you likely won't bother with frames or the need for ports or wire links. However, it is very easy to have a circuit becomes wildly larger than a piece of letter size paper. The test is simply to print it out and see if it is legible. If it is not, you can easily break up the schematic and place parts of it on new sheets - as many as required.
To break the schematic apart, you can GROUP and MOVE a portion sideways so it is easier to cut off and delete. before you cut nets between the two circuit sections, add the wire-links. On a given net, add two of the same wire-link to that trace then remove the net in between them. repeat this for any other connections that should stay intact between the two circuit blocks.
Once the two blocks are no longer visually connected, you can GROUP, CUT and GO on the block to be moved. The circuit portion is now in the clip board and you can delete the block from the schematic. Now open a new sheet, then select the PASTE function and the circuit should be attached to the cursor. Left click to stick it in place. Now the circuit is spread over two sheetsbut connections between them remain intact.
If we only have a schematic, we can do things in a slightly different way, but it is better to use the method described if you have already laid out the board, or have begun doing so.
If you are revising the schematic for a completed board, only to make the schematic more readable when printed, then there are a few extra steps that must be made. We will look at that in Part-4.
