Sonnet Suites - V12 Project Editor Enhancements
The new Project Editor has a number of enhancements to make the more experienced user more productive. These enhancements include:
Measuring Tape Tool
New Sonnet tape measure
There is a new measuring tool available in the project editor that allows you to quickly measure distances in your geometry. The measuring tape can provide distance measurement between vertices and “shortest distance” to an adjacent line in the circuit. There is a new button in the tool bar for this tool.
Local Origin
User-specified origin for 2D layout window
The default origin in the project editor is the lower left hand corner of the substrate. Local origin allows you to move an origin anchor to any location in your circuit. The origin can be moved in a number ways, including selecting and dragging it to the desired position. All the measurements which appear in the status bar at the bottom of the project editor window are given relative to the location of the origin anchor. The location of the origin is represented in the project editor with this symbol:
Hot Key Mapping
In this release, you may create custom hot keys for your commonly used commands in the project editor, the response viewer, the current density viewer and the far field viewer. For example, you may set a Hot Key so that whenever the letter “d” is pressed on the keyboard, the project editor automatically enters the “add dimension” mode.
Keyboard shortcuts can now be applied for any Sonnet application
New Append Feature for the DXF and GDSII Translators
You may now import a DXF or GDSII file into an existing project and add the translated objects to your existing geometry. This feature enables you build up a Sonnet project from two or more separate DXF or GDSII files.
Hover Over
A new feature in the project editor displays information about objects in your geometry when the cursor is placed over them. This feature is off by default. If you wish to turn this on, select View => Info Hover Over in the project editor menu.
