Preferences control the look, feel and actions of the DR. SPICE user interface. Powerful new additions to DR. SPICE are mentioned here.
| Keep Waveforms on Disk: | Keep waveforms on disk as compared to in RAM |
| Save Subcircuit Nodes: | To limit the amount of data generated by a simulation, you can save information throughout the entire Spice deck, or only the information outside of any subcircuit. |
| Auto Connectivity Check: | Before the simulation is run, a connectivity check is performed against the circuit file. If the connectivity check fails, the simulation is not run. |
| Confirm Output Filename: | If your circuit filename is foobar.cir, as a default DR. SPICE creates a file called foobar.out. The .out file contains miscellaneous simulation output. Selecting this preference allows you to change the name. |
| No List File: | Do not generate a .out file. |
| Show Status: | When set, this preference tells DR. SPICE to display the Show Status Dialog Box. This dialog gives various information regarding the status of the simulation. This is useful for long simulations. |
| Default file format to save waveforms: | Your choice of waveform file formats. Rawfile, Dbfile and Probe are binary files and tend to be 4X smaller in size compared to Probe/CSDF which is an ASCII file. These file type options are only used in conjunction with the Save Simulation and Save All Simulations menu items. |
A new powerful integrated feature which allows you to set the amount of space each application will take up on your screen as the robot performs its functions automatically.
Choose which schematic capture application you plan to use and where the .exe file is located.
| Use New Window for Cross-Probing: | When set, for each item selected when Cross-Probing, a new Plot window is created. Otherwise there will be one Plot window having multiple Y-axis. |
| Calculate Device Power: | Calculate Power violation based on the power
parameter found within each .MODEL statement. |
| Show Power Violations: | Setting this preference tells DR. SPICE to highlight all Power Violations within the schematic. |
| Back Annotation: | Updating schematic with operating point
information from the latest simulation results, or
used as a cursor function, updating schematic with simulated results at the given point. |
| Node Voltages: | Allows you to back annotate node voltage on the nets |
| Device Currents: | Allows you to back annotate device currents on devices. |
| Device Powers: | Allows you to back annotate device powers on devices. |
| Including Subcircuits: | Allows you to back annotate node voltages and or device currents. |
| Show Branch Current Name: | Will show current names like IE=value, otherwise, only value will be shown on the appropriate pin of the given device, this option applies only to devices with three or more terminals. |
| Marching Waveforms: | As the simulation progresses, update the waveforms plot when new values have been generated. |
| Auto Split Y by Type: | When this preference is set, automatic splitting of the Y axis is done based on Units of the waveform. |
| AC Plots Default to dB: | When the Select Waveforms to Plot Dialog Box first comes up, this is the default setting. |
| Show Phase Too: | When the Select Waveforms to Plot Dialog Box first comes up, this is the default setting for the Show Phase Too check box. |
| Use Solid Grid: | When plotting a waveform, this preference controls whether solid or dotted grid lines are used. |
| Show Grid Mark: | Set this to better highlight which vertical grid line is associated with the X axis values. |
| Wrap Phase At 180: | This will allow you to view phase values within a -180 or 180 range. |
| Streaming: | Allows constant monitoring of waveforms specified in your .PROBE line during simulation automatically every time you run. Uncheck this if you want the freedom to choose different waveforms during different simulations. |
| Monitor: Colors, Symbols, Line Styles, Line Width, Grid Width: | When a waveform is plotted, do you wish to use Color and Symbols? Do you want a line style other than solid? Check for yes. How thick are the Grid and Line widths to be? (1 = thinnest and 10 = thickest)? |
| Printer: Colors, Symbols, Line Styles, Line Width, Grid Width: | When a hardcopy of a plot is generated, do you wish to use Color and Symbols? Do you want a line style other than solid? Check for yes. How thick are the Grid and Line widths to be? (1 = thinnest and 10 = thickest)? |
Allows you to select a digital simulator to be used in a mixed analog/digital simulation. DR. SPICE has integration with ViewSim™ and OrCAD™ Simulate. Setting this option enables you to run mixed modes simulations with DR. SPICE™ simulating the analog portion. DR. SPICE™ also has built in mixed A/D capability using the XSPICE compile code models.