User Preferences
General Preferences
Startup Preferences
Schematic Preferences
Simulator Preferences
Plotter Preferences
Font Preferences
In the Preferences panel you can adjust various settings to customize
the behavior of MI-SUGAR. The panel is divided into sections, which are
shortly described here.
General Preferences
In the Function section:
1. Set the file format which will be used to save the circuits.
There are three options: To always save as a .sugar file
(saves everything), to save as a .cir file (only netlist)
if the schematic is empty, and to save as a .cir file only.
If you create a netlist and save it as a .cir file you won't
be able to add a schematic to it later on. You will have to open an
empty document, copy the netlist and save it in the .sugar
format.
2. You can set the file conversion policy for
netlist files which may contain Windows-style lone CR (carriage
return) characters that would cause errors when using SPICE. MI-SUGAR
filters these characters automatically for the current session.
To also modify the file content you either have to edit and save
or select an appropriate file conversion policy.
There are three conversion policies: Ask for being asked about how
to proceed every time such a file is encountered, Never for no
automatic conversion of the file content, and Always for always
automatically converting the file contents.
3. Set the folder which will be scanned for subcircuits (subfolders
included). The new folder will be used immediately.
In the Appearance section you can choose the window layout you would
like to use. Vertical stacks all views (schematic area, netlist
editor, output area) on top each other. Horizontal places the
netlist editor and output area to the right of the schematic area.
Startup Preferences
Here you can set actions that will be executed during every startup
of MI-SUGAR. If you usually create new netlists after
starting MI-SUGAR you should select the option to open
an empty circuit window. If you mostly edit previously
created files then leave that option unselected.
MI-SUGAR can check if a newer version is available during startup and
notify you when it finds a newer version. You can disable this
automatic checking if you want to.
Schematic Preferences
In the Function section you can enable/disable
placement guides (the green alignment lines) and the automatic
insertion of node elements into the connection line which they
were dropped on. In the Appearance section you can set the
background color of the schematic area.
Simulator Preferences
Here you can set the circuit simulator which will be used to analyze
the circuit. You may choose between the two built-in simulators SPICE
and Gnucap or select 'custom simulator' and enter the path to an
external simulator. The custom simulator should recognize the same
command options as SPICE.
Plotter Preferences
There are two categories: Appearance preferences and functional
preferences. You can set the line widths of the graphs and the
grid and the background color and grid color in the appearance
category. Behavioral preferences can be set in the function
category. 'Remember plot settings' makes the plotter remember
all settings in the 'Plot' section of the control panel. The
current settings will then be automatically applied to all new
plotter windows. 'Show guides tab when guides are dragged' makes
the plotter's control panel automatically slide open (if it was
closed) and switch to the 'Guides' section whenever any of the
four guides is dragged. The previous view is restored when the
dragged guide is released. 'Close previous plot windows' causes
all previous plot windows, that belong to the same circuit, to be
closed when a new plot window is opened.
Font Preferences
Here you can set the fonts used in the netlist editor and in the
simulator output area in the circuit window.
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