Each component ready for simulation can be associated with a page containing information on the model used for the simulation of the component. The documentation may reside on a remote server or on the computer disk. The website address or file name must be specified in the INFO attribute of the SPICE category.
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To view the information page, click the Info button in the Attributes tab in the symbol properties dialog box. |
Documentation on a remote server
If the documentation resides on a remote server, its internet address must be specified. An Internet address must start with one of the following prefixes:
http://
https://
www.
http://www.abc.com/models/datasheets/mds001.pdf
Documentation in a file on the computer
If the documentation resides on the local computer, the file name must be specified. If the file name does not contain the full path, it is searched in the following order:
In the current Job;
In the current Job folder;
In the component library file;
In the user's folders;
In the folders of the application;
If the file name has no extension, the extension .chm is added. To the file names of type ".chm" it is possible to hang the name of the page to visualize separating it with ::/ or the name of the word to search separating it with ::\. If the page name is not specified, default.htm is used. If the page name has no extension, the extension .htm is added.
mds001.pdf
devices.chm::/resistor
Insert the SPICE documentation into a component library
To insert the SPICE documentation of the components into the same library in which the components are defined, perform the following operations:
Prepare the documentation in a .pdf, .html or .chm file.
Right-click on the name of the project or folder in which the file is to be inserted. The command menu opens.
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In the menu choose the command Import file. The dialog box opens where you can select the file to import.
Select the file and click on Open. The file is stored in the Job.
Open the Component Properties tab.
Select the Attributes tab.
Enter the file name in the INFO attribute of the SPICE category.