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The dots Button: Show Connections

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The dots button is available in electrical mode. While active, visually ambiguous connection points are marked with dot. A yes/no box appears asking whether to place dots at all connections or not. If ``yes'' is selected, all connections will be shown with a dot. If ``no'' is given, dots are placed at wire vertices common to two or more wires (except for common end vertices of two wires), non-endpoint wire vertices common with device or subcircuit terminals, and any point common to three or more terminals or wire vertices.

The ShowDots variable also controls the display of dots. This variable is internally set by the dots button, and setting/resetting the variable will change the status of the menu button accordingly. If set to a word that begins with "a", all connection points are marked with a dot. If set to anything else, only the potentially ambiguous points are marked, and if unset, no dots are shown.


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Stephen R. Whiteley 2006-10-23