NAME¶
xsch - graphical schematic viewer
SYNOPSIS¶
xsch [-l file_name] [-xor] [-install] [-force] [-I input_format] [-slide
file_name ...]
ORIGIN¶
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at
LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris,
France.
Web :
http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
E-mail :
alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr
DESCRIPTION¶
Xsch is a graphical schematic viewer. All functionnalities can be
accessed through different menus.
Xsch works under Motif and X11r6.
When entering
Xsch, the main window appears and shows 5 different menus
on the top bar. These menus can be entered by simply clicking on the mouse
left button. Here is the description of these menus.
- File
- Open : load an existing file. Note that a file with the same name and the
extention .xsc can be used to attach special colors and comments to all
displayed objects (see below for details).
Quit : quit xsch.
- Edit
- Identify : identify a selected object.
Connected : highlight a selected object.
Search : search an object by its name.
- View
- Zoom : perform zoom in, zoom out, center, fit, refresh on figure.
Layer : select types of layers displayed.
Map : show cursor position in the entire figure.
Arrows : show arrows for moving at the grid step.
Grid : Set the X,Y step of the grid if displayed.
- Tools
- Hierarchy : enable user to browse into the design hierarchy.
Message : display the last error messages
- Setup
- Save or load a user defined configuration of default displayed menus.
SPECIAL KEYS¶
- +/-
- Next or previous file in slide mode.
OPTIONS¶
- -l file_name
- Load the file file_name (with or without extention)
- -xor
- Two graphic cursor methods can be used, invert or xor.
- -force
- this option force all graphical objects to be displayed.
- -install
- Switch to a private color map.
- -I input_format
- Specifies the input format (vst(5), al(5), vbe(5))
- -slide file_name ...
- Enables slide mode, all specifies files will be displayed one by one using
keys +/- in the graphic window.
# Example of .xsc file
#
# To attach a particular color and comment to a box :
# B:box_name:color:comment
# color is an integer from 0 to 32, or -1 for no_color
# comment is a string
B:my_box:0:this box should be blue
B:another_box:-1:this won't change the box color
#
# To attach a particular color and comment to a net :
# N:net_name:color:comment
N:my_net:15:this net should be green
#
# To attach a particular color and comment to a connector :
# C:connector_name:color:comment
C:my_con:32:this connector should be red
#
# To attach a particular color and comment to a path :
# P:from_name:net_name:to_name:color:comment
P:my_con:my_net:my_box:15:this path should be green
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
- MBK_CATA_LIB
- indicates the path to the read only libraries to be used.
- MBK_WORK_LIB
- indicates the path to the read directory for the session.
- MBK_IN_LO
- indicates the file format to be used.
- XSCH_PARAM_NAME (optionnal)
- indicates the path to the parameter file used by Xsch.
SEE ALSO¶
mbk(1),
MBK_CATA_LIB(1),
MBK_WORK_LIB(1), PAT(5),
asimut(1)
BUG REPORT¶
This tool is under development at the
ASIM department of the
LIP6
laboratory.
We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.