Edit Menu

The Edit drop-down menu contains the following items:

• Insert Before - inserts the selected item in the Component Window to the circuit interconnect location before the selected item in the Drawing Window.
   
  Note:  Insert... commands are only active when target components have been selected in both the Parts and Drawing windows.  See Inserts & Deletes demonstration
   

• Insert After - inserts the selected item in the Component Window to the circuit interconnect location after the selected item in the Drawing Window.  

• Connect - connects the endpoint of the first component selection to the endpoint of the second component selection.

See Connects, Disconnects, & Reconnects Demo

• Disconnect/Reconnect - disconnects the first component selection at its start-point and reconnects that point to the endpoint of the second component selected.

• Delete - executes delete operation on the highlighted component in circuit.  See Inserts & Deletes demonstration for more details.

  Warnings!

  Depending on nature of component (i.e. free-ended, serial connected, cotree adjacency, open connection, etc), the Delete operation can have different results at a circuit location. If selected component is a "Start of Circuit" or network source (i.e. Substation, Tank, etc) then ALL components in the circuit supplied by source will be deleted.

• Break Loop - disconnects the endpoint of selected component from a circuit loop.  (Active only if the highlighted component forms a loop connection)

• Copy and Add - opens the Copy and Add Components dialog, allowing user to copy selected circuit (or segment) from source location to specified target location.

• Delete Component Branch - Deletes component selected by pointer-finger, along with all of the following components in the (lateral) branch.  If component is in a loop, then all components in forward path will be deleted.
  Note: Use View / Show Brother to highlight the forward path of a component and illustrate a branch deletion.

• Rotate and Shift - opens the Rotation of Components dialog, allowing user to rotate or shift system, circuit, etc. to new orientation.

• Flip X or Y Coordinates -  opens the Flip X Y Coordinates dialog, allowing user to change horizontal or vertical portion of circuit to a mirror image about the selected reference point.  Note: This function is primarily used in conjunction with the Copy & Add utility during construction of sample circuits.

• Split Line/Cable - opens the Line Splitter dialog, allowing user to split a selected line or cable component into two distinct components.

• Move Component End Point - user selects target component with pointer-finger and opens the Move Ending Point dialog, which allows user to move selected component's endpoint to a specified (x-y coordinate) location.  

• Add Long Line - opens the Add Long Continuous Conductor dialog, allowing user to interactively construct an extended or multi-point line.

• Copy to Clipboard - copies the graphic area marked (via left mouse drag) in the Drawing Window to the Windows clipboard.  See Copying to Clipboard Example

• Go To - opens the Go To dialog, enabling user to pan the view to a selected source, circuit, component, or (X,Y) coordinate.

• Find - opens the Find Components dialog, enabling user to perform advanced search operations to locate existing system components by name, UID, etc.