Micro-Cap v7.1.6 / Ug

Point tags	37,	134
Point to end mode command							37
Point to point mode command							37
Polar plot	110
Polar plots	120
Power 7
Power display command						38
Preferences command					39
Common options
Add DC path to ground 40
Analysis progress bar						40
Auto show model					41
Component cursor 41
Date stamp			39
DC path to ground check							39, 40
File list size			39
File warning			42
Floating nodes check						39
Gmin stepping				40
Inertial cancellation						40
Lock tool bar				39
Node snap			40
Nodes recalculation threshold 41
Plot on top			40
Print background					39
Quit warning			42
Rubberbanding				41
Select mode			39
Show slider			41
Sound	39
Text increment				40
Time stamp			39
Warning time				39
Component palettes					42
Main tool bar			42
Palettes, color			42
Print
An example		218
Print preview
Apply command					217
Auto command					217
Help command					217
User command					217
Title block 217
Print command			27

Print preview command						27
Print setup command					27
Printing	215
Print preview			216
Schematics			216
Setup	216
PRIVATEANALOG				173, 180, 185
PRIVATEDIGITAL				173, 180, 185
Probe	16,	157
AC analysis			47,	165
DC analysis			47,	167
Linear plot			161
Log plot		161
Many traces command						159
Navigating the schematic							164
New run command					158
One trace command					158
Probing lead-to-lead voltages 163
Probing node voltages						162
Remove all command						158
Save all command					159
Save V & I only command							159
Separate analog and digital com-
mand		158
Transient analysis					47
Transient analysis variables							160
B field		161
Capacitance 160
Charge		160
Flux 161
H field		161
Inductance			161
Resistance			160
Time		161
Probe feature			50
Probing	1
Properties dialog box					8
Protel PCB interface					26
PSpice	1
Q
Quick tour		6

235

R

Redo command			28, 73
Reference manual				2
Refresh command				29, 63
Registering		3
Rename Components command							30
Rename Defines command						30
Repeat last find command						31
Replace command				31
Restore limit scales command							131
Revert command				27, 59, 75
Rotate command			29
Rotating components					62
Rubberbanding			41
Ruler command			131
S
Same branch command					133
Same Y scales command						133, 134
Scale mode		37, 134
Scales	90
Schematic editor			22
Scope	129
Commands
Animate		132
Auto scale			131
Cursor		132
Delete all objects					131
Go To Performance						133
Horizontal cursor					131
Keep cursors on same branch 133
Normalize			132
Restore limit scales						131
Same Y scales				133, 134
Tag horizontal				133
Tag left cursor				133
Tag right cursor					133
Tag vertical			133
Trackers		132
View Baseline				131
View data points					131
View horizontal grids						131
View minor log grids						131

View ruler				131
View tokens				131
View vertical grids							131
Cursor mode				137,		138
Cursor positioning modes 139
Bottom			139
Go To X			132
Go To Y			133
High		139, 140
Next		139
Peak		139
Top		139
Valley 139
Magnifying waveforms							135
Modes
Cursor			134
Point tag			134
Scale		134
Vertical tag				134
Panning waveforms						136
Scroll bars		23
Security key			2,	5,	49
Select
Select all command						28
Select mode			65, 71
Command			36
Definition			21
Selection		75
Send to back			30
Sensitivity analysis					46,		50
SETUP program				4
Shape
Definition			21
Editor		35, 55
Short	21
Show all paths command							38
Shrink command				79
Slider	41
Smith charts			110,		119
SPICE	6
SPICE files			80

Split text/drawing areas horizontal 34 Split text/drawing areas vertical 35 Standard deviation 186

State variables

236

Defined 101

Editor 102 Initialization options

Leave 101

Read 101

Zero 101 Status bar 23

Step box command 29 Stepping

AC example 176 DC example 176 Decade 181 Dialog box 172

How it works 171, 172, 174 Octave 181

Stepping parameters 50 Subcircuits demo 50 Subckt

Creating 208

Definition 207

T

Tag horizontal command 133 Tag right cursor command 133 Tag vertical command 133 Temperature 85

Terms and concepts 19 Text

Adding 82

Button 36

Grid 36 Mode 36, 68 Stepping 178 Text area 29

Text stepping 178

Tile horizontal command 34 Tile vertical command 34 Title bar 22

Title block 217

Title display command 38 Tmax 85

Tmin 85

Tokens command 131 Tolerances 184

Tool bar
Display toggle command		36
Local	23
Main	22
Top cursor position mode		139
Trackers	132
Transfer function analysis		46, 50
Transient analysis 46, 83
Transient Analysis Limits		7
Translate	26

U

Undo command 28, 59, 73 Uniform distribution 186 User definitions 45

User palettes 45 User's Guide 2

V

Variable 1 (DC) 124

Variable 2 (DC) 125 Variables list 84, 90 Vertical tag mode 134

Vertical tag mode command 37

View menu	34
View mode command		38
View text/drawing areas		34
Voltage 160
W
Waveforms
Analog	91
Digital	91
Windows menu 34

Windows operating systems Windows 2000 3 Windows 95 3 Windows 98 3 Windows NT4 3

Wire

Definition 20 Diagonal wire mode 36 Mode 36, 67, 82

Wizards

237

Add Parts 213 Import 214

Working with macros 197 Working with subckts 207 Worst case 186

X

X expressions 110

Y

Y expressions 110

Z

Zoom-In command 34, 78 Zoom-Out command 34, 78

238