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Working with Traces and Copper
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3.
Select Design»Copy Route. The Copy route dialog box appears.
4.
Select the group you have already routed in the Source group field,
and the group you wish to have the same routing in the Destination
group field and click OK. The routing is duplicated for the destination
group.
Swapping Pins and Gates
Pin and gate swapping are done between like pins and gates to reduce the
amount of copper needed to route a given net.
The following sections document manual pin swapping, manual gate
swapping and automatic pin/gate swapping. For these functions to work,
the pin groups must be set up in the Footprint tab of the Component
Properties dialog box in Multisim, before the circuit is exported to
Ultiboard. Refer to the Multisim User Manual for details.
Swapping Pins
This feature works between allowed pins in the same gate (section of an
IC). Swapping of pins between gates in the same IC or between similar ICs
is not allowed.
Complete the following steps to swap pins between gates:
1.
Select Design»Swap Pins.
2.
Click on the first pin that you wish to swap.