Graphics symbol selection

Load component 

The menu option Graph.symbol selection with the sub-menu Load component and library is the graphics method (for Version 4.2 standard) for inserting symbols in a WSCAD circuit diagram. This method is only active when you have activated the option Graphics symbol selection under Parameters / General / Compatibility tab. You must restart the program when you want to activate this. When using the Load component command, the graphics display (template page) appears first

Selecting a symbol via graphics symbol selection

After selecting a symbol from the template page, the circuit diagram appears and the selected symbol can be positioned. After positioning, the graphics symbol selection appears again. The template used is oriented to the activated library so that several different templates can be available. If no symbol is selected (Abort with <Esc> or right mouse button) the normal dialog will appear showing a list of the symbols of the active library for selection. This also appears when no template page is available.

Symbol selection via a dialog 

When a search term for the name of the symbol to be looked for is entered in the Search term field, the selection bar is automatically positioned at the relevant symbol according to the character sequence which has been entered.

The symbol is selected via OK or a double click.

Creating a library template 

You can easily create a graphics template yourself since this is a normal WSCAD drawing which need only satisfy the following criteria:

• The filename corresponds exactly to the library name
• The file extension (=page number) is .000
• The template is stored in the same directory as the library itself.

Hint

The template is displayed in the same scale in which it was created. You can easily adjust this scale to your resolution by loading the template, zooming as required and saving it again.