Working with an Offsheet Connector Object on a Schematic Sheet in CircuitMaker

Offsheet connectors are available for placement in the Schematic Editor only in the following ways:

• Choose Home | Circuit Elements | Offsheet Connector from the main menus.

• Right-click in the design space then choose Place » Offsheet Connector from the context menu.

After launching the command, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and you will enter offsheet connector placement mode with an off sheet connector floating on the cursor:

• Press Tab to open the Off Sheet Connector mode of the Inspector panel with the Net Name selected and ready for editing; enter the new net name.
• Position the offsheet connector so that its electrical hotspot (the end held by the cursor) touches the wire to which you want to connect then click or press Enter to effect placement.
• Continue placing further offsheet connectors or right-click or press Esc to exit placement mode.

Additional actions that can be performed during placement while the offsheet connector is still floating on the cursor are:

• Press the Tab key to pause the placement and open the Off Sheet Connector mode of the Inspector panel in which its properties can be changed on the fly. Click the design space pause button overlay () to resume placement.
• Press the X or Y keys to flip the offsheet connector along the X-axis or Y-axis.
• Press the Spacebar to rotate the offsheet connector counterclockwise or Shift+Spacebar for clockwise rotation. Rotation is in increments of 90°.

Graphical Editing

The offsheet connector can be edited graphically using what is known as in-place editing. To edit an offsheet connector string in-place, click once to select, pause, then click a second time to enter edit mode.

 Click once to select the string.

 Pause, then click a second time to enter in-place edit mode.

 The string has been selected and is ready for you to type in a replacement string.

The Offsheet Connector can be edited in place.

Once editing is complete, press Enter or click away from the string to exit in-place editing mode.

Non-Graphical Editing

This method of editing uses the Inspector panel to modify the properties of an offsheet connector object.

  During placement, the Off Sheet Connector mode of the Inspector panel can be accessed by pressing the Tab key. Once the offsheet connector is placed, all options appear.

After placement, the Off Sheet Connector mode of the Inspector panel can be accessed in one of the following ways:

• If the Inspector panel is already open, select the offsheet connector object, right-click then choose Properties from the context menu.
• With the offsheet connector selected, click View | Schematic | Ofsheet Connector from the main menu.

Schematic Editor object properties are definable options that specify the visual style, content and behavior of the placed object.

 All Offsheet Connector properties are available for editing in the Inspector panel when a placed Offsheet Connector is selected in the design space.

Location

• (X/Y)
  • X (first field) - the current X (horizontal) coordinate of the reference point of the object, relative to the current design space origin. Edit to change the X position of the object. The value can be entered in either metric or imperial; include the units when entering a value whose units are not the current default. 
  • Y (second field) - The current Y (vertical) coordinate of the reference point of the object, relative to the current origin. Edit to change the Y position of the object. The value can be entered in either metric or imperial; include the units when entering a value whose units are not the current default. 
• Rotation - use the drop-down to select the rotation. 

Properties

• Net Name - enter the net name. 
• Style - use the drop-down to select the default from the available choices. Click on the color box to access a drop-down from which you can select the default color.