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SCHEMA III : A GENERATION AHEAD.
Guaranteed the most power of any PC based Schematic Capture Software.
Use this document as a brief guide to the SCHEMA III demo disk.
HOW TO PRINT THIS DOCUMENT
If you wish to print this document exit to DOS and enter:
COPY DEMO.DOC PRN <Enter>
where <Enter> is a single keypress of the Enter or Return key.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
The demo disk contains several programs, use the <Arrow> keys to
indicate your choice from the demo menu and press <Enter>.
Demo disk programs require an IBM PC/XT/AT or compatible computer
with at least 512K RAM, DOS 2.0 or above, and a graphics adapter,
listed in the graphics adapter selection screen.
The following pages explain the demo disk programs and each demo
menu choice.
DEMO MENU CHOICE #2 - SELF-RUNNING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Runs a self-running demo of the SCHEMA III Drawing Editor program,
SCHDRAW. The program runs automatically, demonstrating many of the
advanced features and capabilities of the Schematic Editor. The demo
program can be paused at any time by pressing any keyboard key,
it continues by again pressing any key. Before the demo begins you
are asked to select a speed option: No Delay, PC XT, PC AT,
PC 386, and Max Delay. Your selection is chosen will determine the
number of wait states inserted. Speed option No Delay removes all
wait-states and executes the demo at full processor speed.
DEMO MENU CHOICE #3 - INTERACTIVE DRAWING EDITOR
The interactive version of the SCHEMA III Drawing Editor program,
SCHDRAW, allows you to operate the software. The on-line HELP of
the Schematic Editor will assist you in understanding the commands.
With the Schematic Editor, you may use your keyboard or a mouse.
If you want to use a mouse, you will first need to install the
mouse driver program which came with your mouse. Be sure to
install the mouse driver program before running the interactive
Schematic Editor program.
The SCHDRAW Drawing Editor version on this disk is identical to the
actual SCHEMA III version, except disk-write or print operations
are disabled. SCHEMA III supports all HP and Houston Instrument
plotters in addition to a variety of printers including:
all Epson graphics printers (including the LQ series), Toshiba,
Star Micronyx, Okidata 192/193, and the Apple Imagewriter series.
The HP LaserJet+, DeskJet, and Canon LBP-8 A2 laser printers
are also supported. Desktop publishing features include PostScript
and TIFF ( Tagged Image File Format ). AutoCAD's DXF format has
been added to the list of supported graphical design tools.
DEMO MENU CHOICE #4 - SAMPLE POST-PROCESSOR OUTPUT
Displays the demo post processing files for SCHEMA III's program,
SCHPOST, on a two-page hierarchical sample schematic (DEMO.P01 and
DEMO.P02 ), included on this disk. The SCHPOST program uses a
schematic as input and automatically outputs a set of design
documentation.
SCHPOST is the most advanced program of its kind in PC-based
schematic capture. SCHPOST generates 8 outputs: design rule and
routing error checks, wire/net/pin lists, 2 usage reports, and a
Bill of Materials - all extracted from the sample schematic. Dbase,
Lotus, SDF, and Delimited output are also available for the Bill of
Materials.
NOTE: SCHPOST outputs have been generated for the demo schematic.
They are text files and may be printed from this disk. The net
and wire list outputs are disk files called DEMO.NET and DEMO.WRL,
respectively. The default Bill of Materials output is 120 columns
wide; the appropriate printer mode or wide paper is required.
However, this sample file DEMO.BOM was created so that it can
be read on the screen.
DEMO MENU CHOICE #5 - LIST CONVERSION PROGRAMS
Net list conversion programs are included (at no extra charge) with
the actual SCHEMA III package to convert SCHEMA III Net List and Pin
List outputs to formats required by many popular logic simulation,
wire wrap, and PCB layout systems. These include systems from
Cadnetix, Calay, Computervision, dataCon, FutureNet, Intergraph,
P-CAD, Racal-Redac, SCICARDS, PSpice, Tango PCB, Telesis, and others.
Contact OMATION for the current list of net/pin list programs. The
text file for these programs is CONV.DOC and may be printed.
DEMO MENU CHOICE #6 - ORDERING INFORMATION
This menu selection explains how to order your SCHEMA III.
DEMO MENU CHOICE #7 - SELECT GRAPHICS ADAPTER
Specify the graphics adapter type to be used by the SCHEMA III.
DEMO MENU CHOICE #8 - QUIT
Used to quit the SCHEMA III demo and return to DOS.
OTHER SCHEMA III PROGRAMS
Other SCHEMA III programs included in the purchased version, but not
provided on this disk are SCHBACK, SCHPRINT, SCHPLOT, SCHLIB, SCHCFG,
and two other utility programs. These programs provide PCB layout
back annotation, batch printing and plotting, object library manage-
ment, and configuration file management functions.