Waveform Thumbnails

Wouldn't it be great if you could see your plots directly on the schematic? Well in ADE Explorer, now you can!

Run a simulation in Explorer and open the design in tab and choose Waveforms from the show/hide balloon drop down or use the bind key CTRL+B

Hover over the nets/terminals in the design and balloons showing the simulation plot will appear.

To pin the balloons use the bindkey SHIFT+B or click on the pin icon on the upper right hand corner of the balloon.

You can zoom in, out and fit using the buttons on the balloon, the RMB context menu and the bindkeys [ ] f

Plots can also be sent to ViVA using the RMB context menu if you wish to carry out a more detailed analysis.

Viewing Plots from Different Analyses

The balloons show the plots for one analysis at a time, to toggle between different analyses simply change the analysis drop down and all pinned or new balloons will now show the selected analysis. If you want to prevent a balloon from toggling analysis then RMB on the balloon and choose Freeze Analysis.
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Appending Waveforms & Legends

Changing the plot mode to append means that any new simulations will append the plots to the pinned balloons. By default a maximum of 4 plots will be appended, after that the oldest plot is overwritten.  The legend will show the combinations of variables used in the simulation for each plot.  Selecting a combination of values in the legend drop down will cross select the plot in ViVA too.

The colors will dim in the same shade of color by default, the boldest plot and the top in the drop down list is the newest.

Sweeps & Corners

Variable sweeps & corners will be shown in different colors and again you can cross select from the legend to ViVA.

Clearing Waveform Thumbnails

If you want  to clear your waveform thumbnails simply use the Clear Waveform Balloons icon.

Waveform Thumbnail Settings

The waveform thumbnails have been optimized to be as small as required so as not to obscure too much of the canvas - you can easily drag them to resize. However if you want to change the settings of the waveform thumbnails open the Balloon Options form using the toolbar icon and adjust the size, position and pause/fade time there.

Here's a handy hint - if you want to see the axes by default in the balloons then change the Max Height to 198 and Max Width to 205

Waveform Thumbnail Video

Click here for a short video to see these waveform thumbnails in action!