Awaves Command Guide


Menu Listings

Design

Panels

Window

Measure

Config

Tools

Open Add Full Point Open Results Browser
Close Hide Zi X P to P Save Expressions
Current Delete Panel Zo X Delete Meas Delete Print
Exit Delete Curves Zi Y Delete All Meas Preferences
Update ZoY Meas Label Opt Run Hspice
Add Label Zi X/Y Meas Pref
Delete Label Zo X/Y Anchor Cursor
Last Zoom Remove Anchors
Pan X
Pan Y
Pan X/Y
S/O Mode


Design

Open - open a netlist that hspice has been run on

Close - close a design

Current - select the current design to plot waves

Exit - Exit Awaves

Panels

Add - adds a panel

Hide - hides a panel from view

Delete Panel - deletes the selected panel

Delete Curves - deletes selected wave forms

Update - reloads hpspice output files (note: this way you will not have to close and open the file ever time you run hspice on the netlist)

Add Label - lets you add a label to your plots

Delete Label - lets you delete a label

Window

Full - zooms so you see all the wave forms

Various Zooms - just play with these to see how they work

Various Pans - just play with these to see how they work

S/O Mode - whether multible outputs will be on the same y-axis or on different y-axes

Measure

Point - single measure point

P to P - two measure points, allows you to take differences (just click-hold-move and release for the second point)

Delete Measure - deletes a selected measure

Delete All Measures - deletes all measures

Measure Label Options - lets you change the items displayed on the selected label

Measure Preferences - lets you change the control of measurements before they are placed

Anchor Cursor - lets you place a cursor marker on the waveform

Remove Anchors - lets you remove the anchors

Config

Open - lets you open a previously saved configuration (your waveform setup, all measurements, etc)

Save - lets you save your current configuration, nice to save and come back to everything you were doing later

Delete - lets you delete a config

Tools

Results Browser - brings up the results browser

Expressions - place your equation under Expression and your name for it under Result (note:  you must use the right click select and middle button drag to place waves into equations)

Print - you can print single or multible panels, remember to select landscape and monochrome and if it does not print ot a printer, just print to a ps file and print that

Preferences - allows you to change the Awaves environment

Run Hspice - allows you to run hspice on your .sp file