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Parent page: Schematic Objects
A sheet entry is an electrical design primitive that belongs within a sheet symbol. It is placed within a sheet symbol to designate input/output ports for the symbol. The sheet entries correspond to ports placed in the source schematic sub-sheet that the symbol represents.
Sheet Entries are available for placement in the Schematic Editor only in the following ways:
After launching the command, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and you will enter sheet entry placement mode. Placement is made by performing the following sequence of actions:
This method of editing allows you to select a placed sheet entry object directly in the workspace and change its location graphically.
Sheet entries can only be adjusted with respect to their shape by changing their I/O Type in the Properties panel. As such, editing handles are not available when the Sheet Entry object is selected.
The following methods of non-graphical editing are available:
Properties page: Sheet Entry Properties
This method of editing uses the associated Properties panel mode to modify the properties of a sheet entry object.
The Sheet Entry mode of the Properties panel
During placement, the Sheet Entry mode of the Properties panel can be accessed by pressing the Tab key.
After placement, the Sheet Entry mode of the Properties panel can be accessed in one of the following ways:
Panel pages: SCH List, SCH Filter
A List panel allows you to display design objects from one or more documents in tabular format, enabling quick inspection and modification of object attributes. Used in conjunction with appropriate filtering - by using the applicable Filter panel, or the Find Similar Objects dialog - it enables the display of just those objects falling under the scope of the active filter – allowing you to target and edit multiple design objects with greater accuracy and efficiency.
Right-click over a placed sheet entry to pop-up a context-sensitive menu, from which the following commands are available (on the Sheet Entry Actions sub-menu) that act on that sheet entry (or all currently selected sheet entries, where applicable):
Example of toggling sheet entry IO Type
The actual change depends on the current I/O Type as follows:
Example of swapping sheet entry side.
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