Schematic Capture - Advanced Functions
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Check Touched Pages — is active when one or more of the above are selected. When
selected, ERC will check all connections on the associated multi-page, hierarchical
block or subcircuit.
4. In the
Report Also box, select the following as desired:
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Unconnected Pins — checks for pins that are not connected to anything.
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Excluded Pins — checks pins that have been excluded from ERC in the Pins tab of the
component’s properties dialog box. See “5.4.3 Component’s Pins Tab” on page 5-39.
5. In the
ERC Marker box, select the following as desired:
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Clear ERC Markers — clears existing ERC markers (red circles indicating errors and
warnings) from the workspace when you run the ERC. To clear ERC markers without
running an ERC, see “5.4.1.1 Clearing ERC Markers” on page 5-36.
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Create ERC Markers — places red circles indicating errors and warnings on the
workspace.
6. In the
Output box, select one of:
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Result Pane — displays ERC results in the Results tab of the Spreadsheet View. If you
select
Clear Pane, any previous ERC results will be cleared from the Results tab when a
new ERC is run. Refer to “ Result Pane” on page 5-33 for an example.
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File — the results are saved in the filepath and name that you enter in the File field.
Refer to “ File” on page 5-33 for an example.
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List View — the results display in a report format as shown in “ List View” on
page 5-34.
5.4.1.1 Clearing ERC Markers
To clear ERC markers without running a new Electrical Rules Check:
1. Select
Tools/Clear ERC Markers to display the ERC Marker Deletion Scope dialog box.
2. Select one of:
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Current Page — to clear the ERC markers from the currently selected page.
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Whole Design — to clear the ERC markers from all pages associated with the design.
3. Click
OK to delete the selected markers.
