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Multiple flight wires to symbol terminal

alecadair

While placing more than a single flight wire on a terminal in layout, moving the instance will cause the flight lines to remain in the same place, but the connected terminal will create a wire going back to the original location. If doing this with a single flight wire, this is not the case and the flight wire will follow the terminal. Is there a way to have multiple flight wires do the same thing as a single flight wire?

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  • I don't know what you're asking. What's a "flight wire"? The post title talks about symbols but your post text talks about layout - it's unclear what you mean. Perhaps posting some pictures would make it clearer what you're talking about, because currently I have no idea!

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • I don't know what you're asking. What's a "flight wire"? The post title talks about symbols but your post text talks about layout - it's unclear what you mean. Perhaps posting some pictures would make it clearer what you're talking about, because currently I have no idea!

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi, Andrew, I have included a picture of what is going on. The first shows two flight lines/wires connecting to the power source V1. If we move V1 down a little bit we produce the second picture,
    which shows that an additional node connecting the flight lines has been created.
    This node is undesirable in our schematics and may produce dangerous extra connections.

    Is there a way to automatically redraw the connections to make them result in the final picture?









  • in reply to alecadair

    I can't really see why this would cause any real problems - I can't see how it could be dangerous either. Most people wouldn't want flight lines but would prefer routed wires, but presumably you've turned that off for some (rather unusual) reason.

    Anyway, what you want can be done. when doing the Edit->Stretch command (usually bindkey "m"), bring up the Options form - this is usually achieved by using F3 or double-clicking the right mouse button:

    Ensure that the Route Method is set to "simple" (I think you must have had it set to "flight", which is not the default - "full" is the default).

    This will produce connections just like the third picture above.

    There is another way, which is to use the F4 key to toggle partial selection (also on Edit->Select->Filter and check "Area Partial Selection"), and then do an area select including the voltage source (and the end of the flight lines on the top pin of the source). However, this approach means you have to use area select to select the device, which may be less natural for you.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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