Using Electric 9.1: Introduction to Tools

# Chapter 9: TOOLS

| ## 9-1: Introduction to Tools |

There are many different tools available in Electric for doing both synthesis and analysis of circuitry. Synthesis tools include routers, compactors, circuit generators, and so on. Analysis tools include design-rule checkers, network comparison, and many simulators. To see a list of tools, including which ones are active, use the List Tools command of the Tools menu. This chapter covers many of the tools available in Electric. Chapter 10 goes into greater detail on the simulation tool.

Overall control of tools is available with the General Options... subcommand of the User Interface command of the Info menu.

You can request that the system make a sound after long jobs have finished (those that take more than 1 hour). Also, most netlisters insert date and version information in the comments at the head of the generated file. You can request that this information be omitted. Finally, you can set the maximum number of errors that will be reported at once. By default, there is no limit to the number of errors. |

The "Advanced" button brings up a dialog of special commands that are not for general usage. If you do click this button, please use the "Cancel" button to terminate the dialog.

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