TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................... 1
ABOUT ISIS.......................................................................................................................1
ISIS AND PCB DESIGN....................................................................................................2
ISIS AND SIMULATION.................................................................................................2
ISIS AND NETWORKS....................................................................................................4
HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENTATION....................................................................4
TUTORIAL ................................................................................................ 5
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................5
A GUIDED TOUR OF THE ISIS EDITOR......................................................................5
PICKING, PLACING AND WIRING UP COMPONENTS...........................................7
LABELLING AND MOVING PART REFERENCES .....................................................9
BLOCK EDITING FUNCTIONS....................................................................................10
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT .....................................................................................10
ANNOTATING THE DIAGRAM.................................................................................11
The Property Assignment Tool (PAT).......................................................11
The Automatic Annotator............................................................................12
CREATING NEW DEVICES...........................................................................................13
FINISHING TOUCHES ...................................................................................................15
SAVING, PRINTING AND PLOTTING........................................................................16
MORE ABOUT CREATING DEVICES.........................................................................16
Making a Multi-Element Device..................................................................16
The Visual Packaging Tool...........................................................................18
Making Similar Devices................................................................................20
Replacing Components in a design...............................................................20
SYMBOLS AND THE SYMBOL LIBRARY................................................................20
REPORT GENERATION.................................................................................................21
A LARGER DESIGN........................................................................................................21
GENERAL CONCEPTS.......................................................................23
SCREEN LAYOUT..........................................................................................................23
The Menu Bar..............................................................................................23
The Toolbars................................................................................................23
The Editing Window ....................................................................................24
The Overview Window................................................................................25
The Object Selector......................................................................................26
