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Chapter 1
The PowerLogic Interface
The following topics guide you through the basics of starting and using the PowerLogic
interface. Topics include:
Starting PowerLogic
Using the Interface
Menu Commands
Toolbars and Toolboxes
Work Area and Grid Settings
Controlling the View
Modeless Commands
Shortcut Keys
Pop-Up Menus
Starting PowerLogic
To start PowerLogic, double-click on the PowerLogic icon in the PowerLogic window.
You can also choose Start/Programs/PADS-PowerLogic/PowerLogic.
Start-up Options
Additional start-up options are available, called command line switches. Command line
switches allow you to enable different options, to open a file, start macros, and record
your PowerLogic session. You can start the following command line options when you
start PowerLogic:
Note: Options are not case-sensitive unless otherwise specified.
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/BMW
Creates media from the previous session each time you start PowerLogic. /bmw is the
Media Wizard. Using this command switch creates a directory and places necessary
files in it to simplify the process of reproducing a PowerLogic problematic session.
This is also a modeless command. Using the modeless command, you can also create
media of the current session. To use the BMW command line switch, type /BMW or
/BMWxx, where xx is your initials, in the command line. Note capitalization.
This option is associated with another modeless command, BLT. BLT is the Log Test;
it finds and runs the BMW macros to playback a recorded PowerLogic session. See
the "Modeless Commands" topic in this chapter for more information.
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