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How to Configure Wire Jumps and Connect Dots

Wire Crossing Jumps and Wire Connection Dots

You can configure the behaviour of the Elecdes wire jump and connect dot placement functions. Both of these functions are run from the Wire and Cable menu in Elecdes.

Procedure

  1. Choose Preferences from the Elecdes Menu. You will be presented with the Elecdes Preferences Dialog.

  2. Go to the Cables/Wires tab page

  3. You will see the Wire Crossing Configuration group box shown at the bottom

    The settings that can be changed are detailed below:

Wire Jump Settings

The wire jump or gap system allows the placement of 'jumps' where two unconnected conductor lines cross over each other. Elecdes does not require wire jumps to be present or absent. The functionality is provided simply to provide the required graphical appearance of the drawings.

Wire Jump Orientation

When using the wire jumps you can configure in which position the jumps will be drawn by the Place Wire Jumps function in Elecdes. This is done from the Wire jump orientation list. There are four possible settings: left, right, top and bottom.

For the 'left' setting the jump will be drawn on vertical lines only, with the arc extending to the left. The 'right' setting will be on vertical lines also, but with the arc on the right.

Similarly the 'top' and 'bottom' setting will draw on horizontal lines only, with the arc being above and below the line respectively.

Wire Jump or Gap

Instead of an arc to jump over the other conductor lines you can have a break. This gives the visual appearance of a gap in the line where it would have crossed over the other.

You can specify which system to use from the Use jump or gap list. 'Jump' to have visible arcs at the intersections or 'Gap' for breaks in the line at the intersection.

The gaps and jumps are identical except in gap mode the arcs are drawn on an invisible layer.

Wire Jump Radius

The radius of the arc can be set to any value. For the gap setting, twice the radius (diameter) is the distance of the gap that is made.

The wire jump radius is set in the Jump radius or gap from line edit box.

Connect Dot Settings

The wire connect dots can be activated to deactivated from the Require connect dots at line joins check box.

If this is set on then line segments will ONLY be considered connected if there is a wire connect dot at their intersection. When set on, the drawings macros will automatically insert connect dots at the appropriate places as the macros draw the circuitry.

If this is not set then lines that terminate on top of other lines will be always be considered connected. And the macros will never insert connect dots. Any connect dots on the drawings will be ignored.