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DFT expression results each in separate subwindow in ADE Assembler

chrisindallastx

I have 20 or so DFT expressions that all plot in the same subwindow when I use ADE Explorer. This is handy to quickly compare the magnitude of each.

When I switch to ADE Assembler, each is plotted in its own subwindow. Is there a easy way to have them plot in the same subwindow like with Explorer? Alternatively, is there a quick way to get them all in the same subwindow rather than dragging them one at a time on top of each other? This is Virtuoso 6.1.8_ISR21.

Thanks, Chris 

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Chris,

    Bizarrely I don't think I'd noticed this behaviour before. I did some searching and originally it was related to the fact that in ADE XL you would commonly be sweeping variables and/or corners, whereas in ADE L doing a single run. Merging all the sub windows together by default could result in rather cluttered appearance. Then Explorer mirrors the behaviour of L, and Assembler that of XL - despite that now you can do sweeps/corners in both places, so it's less logical. I couldn't find a switch to change this default behaviour (perhaps there should be one) but an easy workaround is to run in Explorer, plot the graphs and then save a plotting template (File->Create Maestro Plotting Template from the graph window) and then plot in (say) replace mode in either Explorer/Assembler using that saved template. Or you could generate the template in Assembler by rearranging the graphs the way you want and then saving the template.

    Probably worth contacting customer support though to see about having a switch for the default behaviour though - I don't see a strong argument to not allow this to be configured (setting up the template from Assembler could be time consuming with many DFT signals, although at least you only need to do it once as the template is then saved into the maestro view).

    Regards,

    Andrew 

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Chris,

    Bizarrely I don't think I'd noticed this behaviour before. I did some searching and originally it was related to the fact that in ADE XL you would commonly be sweeping variables and/or corners, whereas in ADE L doing a single run. Merging all the sub windows together by default could result in rather cluttered appearance. Then Explorer mirrors the behaviour of L, and Assembler that of XL - despite that now you can do sweeps/corners in both places, so it's less logical. I couldn't find a switch to change this default behaviour (perhaps there should be one) but an easy workaround is to run in Explorer, plot the graphs and then save a plotting template (File->Create Maestro Plotting Template from the graph window) and then plot in (say) replace mode in either Explorer/Assembler using that saved template. Or you could generate the template in Assembler by rearranging the graphs the way you want and then saving the template.

    Probably worth contacting customer support though to see about having a switch for the default behaviour though - I don't see a strong argument to not allow this to be configured (setting up the template from Assembler could be time consuming with many DFT signals, although at least you only need to do it once as the template is then saved into the maestro view).

    Regards,

    Andrew 

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  • chrisindallastx
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks for the suggestion, Andrew. I was thinking I'd have to create the template in Assembler, but you're right, it would be a lot easier to do it in Explorer and switch back. Cheers, Chris

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