<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html> <head> <title></title> <link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" type="text/css" href="./design.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" href="./print.css" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> </head> <body> <div class="table sectionedit712"><table class="inline"> <tr class="row0"> <td class="col0 leftalign"> « <a href="geda-gschem_ug-schematic_pages.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-gschem_ug-schematic_pages.html">Schematic and symbol pages</a> </td><td class="col1 centeralign"> <strong><a href="geda-gschem_ug.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-gschem_ug.html">gEDA gschem User Guide</a></strong> </td><td class="col2 rightalign"> <a href="geda-gschem_ug-editing_actions.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-gschem_ug-editing_actions.html">Editing actions</a> » </td> </tr> </table></div> <!-- EDIT712 TABLE [1-147] --> <h2 class="sectionedit713"><a name="viewing_schematics" id="viewing_schematics">Viewing schematics</a></h2> <div class="level2"> <p> When loaded, schematic and symbol pages are shown in the central schematic view area of the gschem <a href="geda-gschem_ug-main_window.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-gschem_ug-main_window.html">main window</a>. </p> </div> <!-- EDIT713 SECTION "Viewing schematics" [160-320] --> <h3 class="sectionedit714"><a name="changing_the_view" id="changing_the_view">Changing the view</a></h3> <div class="level3"> <p> There are several ways to change the view: </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> To <em>pan</em> the view, click and drag with the middle mouse button anywhere on the schematic, or use the cursor keys (<strong>⇦⇧⇨⇩</strong>). You can also press <strong><X></strong> to center the view on the mouse pointer.</div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> To <em>zoom in</em>, press <strong><Z></strong> or scroll the mouse wheel upwards.</div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> To <em>zoom out</em>, press <strong><Shift+Z></strong> or scroll the mouse wheel downwards.</div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> To focus on a particular part of the design, press <strong><W></strong> to start drawing a box containing a region of interest. Then left-click with the mouse to expand that area to fill the view.</div> </li> </ul> <p> Zooming operations will always zoom towards or away from the current location of the mouse pointer. </p> <p> You can also select <strong>View→Zoom Extents</strong> to set the view to show everything currently on the page, or <strong>View→Zoom Full</strong> to display the entire workspace. </p> </div> <!-- EDIT714 SECTION "Changing the view" [321-1198] --> <h3 class="sectionedit715"><a name="color_maps" id="color_maps">Color maps</a></h3> <div class="level3"> <p> Colors of objects in a schematic or symbol are set using a limited color palette, with the various colors having particular meanings. For example, nets (which have electrical meaning) are drawn in a different color from lines (which are simply graphical). A color map is used to choose which color to draw a particular object in. </p> <p> There are several color maps provided with gschem, and you can switch between them from the <strong>View</strong> menu. It is also possible to change the default color map or create your own. For more information, see <a href="geda-gschem_ug-config.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-gschem_ug-config.html">Configuring gschem</a>. </p> </div> <!-- EDIT715 SECTION "Color maps" [1199-] --></body> </html>