Using the Open Design Window

The Open Design window shown in The Open Design Window allows you to open one or more designs in AvanWaves. The window has a menu bar with four menus, a pop-up directory selector button, lists of directories and files, scrolling buttons for the lists, and an Open field.

To select a directory, click and hold down the pop-up directory selector button, and slide the selector to the directory name. The left-hand list shows the contents of the directory you select. If the item selected in the left-hand list is a directory, the contents of that directory are shown in the right-hand list.

Figure 3-5: The Open Design Window

To open a design:

1. From the results display window, select Design >> Open .

2. In the Open Design window directory selector pop-up menu, select the directory that contains the design you want to open. This is the run directory.

3. If the design file is in a subdirectory of the run directory, select the subdirectory in the left-hand list area in the Open Design window.

4. In the right-hand list area, select the simulation file you want to open.

You can navigate through the directory structure in the following ways:

• Enter a path and design name into the Open field in the dialog box.
• Double click on a directory to display its contents.
• Use the < button to select the parent directory or use the > button to select a subdirectory.
• Use the History menu to select designs that you have previously visited.
• Select a path from the pop-up menu. This menu always contains the name of your current directory.

To open the design, double click on the design name or select the design from the file list displayed, and then click OK or Apply .

Selecting Menus

The following selections can be made in the Open Design window:

History Menu

Select the History menu to get a list of the paths to designs previously visited in this AvanWaves session. The maximum number of paths that can be displayed is five. The first item in the list is the path to the current design. Selecting one of the paths from this list opens the selected design and close the currently-active design. The History list is updated whenever you use the Special >> Mark or Special >> Unmark command.

Special Menu

Select the Special menu to

• Return to your home directory
• Mark a directory location for permanent entry in the History list
• Remove the current directory location from the marked list

View

Select the View option to change the order in which file names are displayed in the file list. You can display files

• by Name -- Lists the files by name in alphabetical order
• by Date Modified -- Lists the files according to the last date they were modified
• by Date Created -- Lists the files by the date created

Filter Menu

Select the Filter menu to limit the number of files selected by selecting the types of files displayed in the file list. There is a file extensions submenu that lets you specify the default extension to the Star-Hspice input netlist (defaults to *.sp ). The Filter menu lists six types of files, with a button for each type. When a button for a file type is clicked, that type of file is selected for display. A button that is not depressed means that type of file is not selected. Any combination of file types may be selected.

The six file types in the Filter menu are

Buttons

The available buttons are

Accepted File Types

Design files are Star-Hspice simulation input or output files that are used as input to AvanWaves. You can open a design file by specifying the path to the design files, then selecting the file type on the Filter menu. AvanWaves accepts these file types: