The Menu States

The program contains the following three Menu States: Select, Route and Drag. By selecting one of the three buttons on the upper left side of the Tool Bar you can switch between this states. After starting the program will be in the Select Menu State.

All three states have a common Tool Bar and a common Popup Menu under the right mouse button.

Further Entries in the Tool Bar:

Autorouter

To start the batch autorouter on the whole board.

Undo, Redo

The program has unlimited Undo Redo capability. The Undo stack does not get lost even after saving the design and restarting the program. Shortcuts are u for Undo and b for Redo.

Incompletes

Here you can switch on or off displaying the still open connections as air lines. If the airlines were switched off before, they will be switched on and vice versa. Shortcut is g.

Violations

Here you can switch on or off displaying the clearance violations. If the violations were switched off before, they will be switched on and vice versa. Shortcut is v.

Zoom All

To display the whole board. Shortcut is a.

Zoom Region

After selecting this button you can choose a display rectangle by dragging the mouse with the left button pressed. Shortcut is f.

Unit

To change the Unit or the Unit Factor. Possible choices are mil, inch and mm. After selecting for example 0.1 mm all coordinates in the IDE are displayed as multiples of 0.1 mm.

The Entries in the Popup Menu:

select item

To select the items under the cursor. The settings in the Select Parameter window are evaluated. If some items were selected the current interactive state will change to the Selected Item State. In the Select Menu State you can do this also by clicking the left mouse button.

start route
A new trace will be started from the item under the cursor. For the selection of the start item the settings in the Select Parameter window are evaluated . If a suitable item was found the interactive state will change to the Route State. In the Route Menu State you can do this also by clicking the left mouse button.
create keepout
To create a keepout on the current layer. You can create a circle, a polygons or a hole into an existing polygonal keepout.
swap pin
This menu entry appears only if the board contains swappable pins. If the pin under the cursor is swappable, you can change the net of this pin with a suitable other pin.

The letters in brackets behind the Popup Menu entries describe the shortcuts for the corresponding actions.

The Function of the Mouse Wheel:

By rotating the mouse wheel you can zoom in or zoom out.

The Select Menu State

If on the upper left side in the tool bar the button Select is selected, the program will be in the Select Menu State. Here you can use the left mouse button as a shortcut for the action select item in the popup menu. You also can select all items in a rectangle by dragging the mouse with the left button pressed.

The Route Menu State

If on the upper left side in the tool bar the button Route is selected, the program will be in the Route Menu State. Here you can use the left mouse button as a shortcut for the action start route in the popup menu.

The Drag Menu State

If on the upper left side in the tool bar the button Drag is selected, the program will be in the Drag Menu State Here you can drag vias or components with the left button pressed. The connected traces will be adjusted automatically. You can also out of the empty space shove traces aside with the left button pressed This way you can for example make space for inserting another component. This action will be performed on the current layer, which can be set in the Select Parameter window.