Yamaha DME - Manual (Page 269)

Chapter 4 Designer
DME Designer Owner’s Manual 269
Drawing Settings
Several functions are available to help ensure accurate wire drawing.
■ Grid
To accurately draw in relation to the grid, turn ON [Snap to Grid] in the “Grid” dialog box.
■ Draw Exact Vertical and Horizontal Lines
When [Prohibit Diagonal Connections] in the [Tools] menu is turned ON, wires will be drawn using
horizontal and vertical lines only. Diagonal wires cannot be drawn. To activate this function, select it
from the menu so that a checkmark appears next to the command name in the menu. Selected the
command again to remove the checkmark and deactivate the function.
You can also limit wire drawing to horizontal and vertical lines by holding the <Shift> key while
drawing the wires.
Wire Drawing
Wire drawing starts at the positions shown in the following table:
NOTE
You can change the positions of existing components or nodes while converting the existing wires to wires composed only of
horizontal and vertical lines by activating the [Prohibit Diagonal Connections] function. You can draw diagonal lines holding
the <Shift> key while dropping the objects.
Drawing Start Location Start Method
Hotspot Click
Wire End Terminal Right-click
→ click [Continue Wire] on the menu
Node Right-click → click [Start Wire] on the menu
Line Segment Right-click
→ click [Start Wire] on the menu
Anywhere on the Sheet Right-click → click [Start Wire] on the menu
NOTE
When creating diagrams the keyboard cursor keys can be used to move the mouse cursor, and the <Enter. Key can be used
to create nodes.