Navigating through your netlist

In the logical view of the design, you can navigate vertically and horizontally.

Vertical Navigation

Navigate vertically through your hierarchical design by using the Push, Pop, and Top commands. These commands are available from the Edit menu, the right-click menu, and the toolbar. You can also use the following keyboard shortcuts:

To go one level deeper in a design:

  1. Select an instance.

  2. From the Edit menu, choose Push, or from the right-click menu, choose Push instance <name>.

To go one level higher in a design, from the Edit menu, choose Pop. To go to the top level, from the Edit menu, choose Top.

Horizontal Navigation

When large designs do not fit in the Schematic window, NetlistViewer splits the design into multiple pages. Page splitting enables you to quickly compute and display the schematic.

 

To navigate to the next page in a design, from the View menu, choose Go to Next Page, or click the Next Page button in the toolbar.

To navigate to the previous page, from the View menu, choose Go to Previous Page, or click the Previous Page button in the toolbar.

To navigate to the first page, from the View menu, choose Go to First Page, or click the First Page toolbar button.

To navigate to the last page, from the View menu, choose Go to Last Page, or click the Last Page toolbar button.

Following Nets

Following a net might take you to another page or another level in your design. Following nets is useful when your design is split into several pages or if it includes some hierarchical logic. To follow a net, click a net that continues before or after the page being viewed. Nets that continue on other pages are terminated by a page connector symbol (>). Note that a net can continue on many pages.

Indicates the net ends on another page

Indicates the net begins on another page