Quick Start Guide for GateVision PRO

In the 'Read File(s)' dialog you can manually add your files or open a predefined fileset containing a list of your files.

Press the button:Read[] button to load the design.

After the parser finished reading the design data the top-level circuit schematic will appear in the Schem window.

In the Tree window you can double-click on the nodes for hierarchical instances to display other levels of the circuit hierarchy.

By default, Drag & Drop is performed with the left mouse button - you can switch to the right mouse button in the 'Preferences' dialog. The mouse strokes button is always the opposite of Drag & Drop.

The basic way of 'cross probing' between the different windows is Drag & Drop. Drag & Drop is supported by all windows of GateVision PRO.

Pick an object with the Drag & Drop mouse button (keep it pressed) and drag it to another window (then release the button).

While dragging, you can stop for a second on an inactive tab (keep the mouse button pressed while waiting) - the tab will activate, and you can continue the Drag & Drop operation to the desired target window and release the button at the desired position there.

The drop targets Schem and Source will scroll to and highlight the dropped objects.

The drop targets Mem and Cone will add the dropped objects to the display lists (and eventually highlight them).

Instead of dragging a single object, you can first select multiple objects (with Ctrl + left mouse click) and then start Drag & Drop on one of the selected objects.

Perform a Right Mouse Click (no dragging) on a single object or a selection of multiple objects to open the Context Menu for the selected object(s).

The context menu’s upper part is static, while the entries in its lower part depend on the clicked window.

A double-click on a block instance dives down one level of hierarchy, a double-click on a block instance pin additionally performs a goto to the lower-level IO port. A double-click on a IO port dives up to the corresponding block instance pin.

Press-drag-release actions with the opposite Drag&Drop mouse button (called strokes) perform a function depending on the stroke direction:

Alternatively, the shortcuts I, O and F (zoom-in/out/fit) - as well as menu entries in Context Menu › Zoom - do the same.

Use Drag & Drop to load objects (primitive or block instances) into the Cone window.

Then, you can e.g. follow a signal by incrementally extending the schematic by double-clicking on instance pins and nets (instances and nets are automatically added to the window). "Dashed" nets indicate that they are not completely loaded. A double-click on a dashed net loads one more connected instance. The net turns into solid style if it is complete.

To remove objects from the Cone window, select them and use Context Menu › Remove (keyboard shortcut: Del). To remove everything and reinitialize the Cone window, use Context Menu › Clear (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Del).