| Qscope V021-000 Release notes
This release of Qscope may be found in CADSYS::CAD$KITS:QSCOPE021.a
You should also upgrade to CADRTL015
QSCOPE, V2.1 RELEASE NOTES
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NEW OR CHANGED SYMBOLS:
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The following Qscope symbols define the starting and ending values of the
independent, dependent, and current scales.
The defaults for these symbols are
QSCOPE$$IND_START :== 0
QSCOPE$$IND_END :== 5
QSCOPE$$DEP_START :== (size found in the grapes input file)
QSCOPE$$DEP_END :== (size found in the grapes input file)
QSCOPE$$CUR_START :== -.002
QSCOPE$$CUR_END :== .001
Users may override these values by placing new values in
their QSCOPE$USERINIT files.
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DICTIONARY FILES
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Qscope may now read either the SPICE_INPUT or SPICE_OUTPUT file to
get the dictionary information.
Qscope no longer requires a spice dictionary file to display spice
results. Placing the following symbol definition in the QSCOPE$USERINI
file will override Qscope's reading of the spice dictionary file.
DICTIONARY_EXT :== ?
With this symbol defined, when Qscope is initiated with the VMS QS command,
Qscope will not look for or read a Spice dictionary file. In this manner,
the node functions may be accessed via their node numbers.
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CHANGED COMMANDS
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o CREATE and MODIFY scale commands now support the /COLOR=<number>
qualifier.
Example:
CREATE SCALE/COLOR=127 VOLTS ! 127= white
MODIFY SCALE/COLOR=GREEN TIME
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NEW COMMANDS AND LEXICALS
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o COPY FUNC function_name1 function_name2
COPY FUNC copies one function to another.
COPY FUNC[/FROM_PORT=<port name>]
[/TO_PORT=<port name>]
o MATH OPERATION trace-name + - * / [X,Y]
MATH OPERATION performs a basic math operation on a trace in the current
window.
trace-name is the name of the specified trace.
+ - * / specifies one of the basic math operators: addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division.
[X,Y] specifies the scale-coordinates point where you wish to perform
the math operation.
o TRACE FIT/TOLERANCE trace-name
Performs a curve fit on a TRACE. Removes all points that are outside the
range specified by the /TOLERANCE value. Specify the tolerance value in
whole percents. For example,
TRACE FIT/TOLERANCE=11 trace-name
specifies a tolerance of 11%. You cannot specify fractions (e.g. 11.5%).
The default TOLERANCE value is 10%.
o The ~DEFPRT() lexical returns the name of the default port.
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NEW OR CHANGED DEFAULT KEY DEFINITIONS
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o The CENTER mouse button may now be used to respond to point requests
o The RIGHT mouse button toggles the cursor/set_point tracking menu
o Key F17 prompts you for values that become new endpoints of the default
independent scale.
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NEW OR CHANGED MENUS
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o The CURSOR/SET_POINT tracking menu now starts out NOT displayed. To
display it, press the right mouse button or type the command
TOGGLE_CURTRK
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CHANGES TO MULTIVIEW
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o Five new line patterns have been added to the Multiview Versatec handler
(V041) for ALOE support. You may access these new line patterns by
specifying line code numbers 16-20.
o The problem that caused n� rather than n plot files to print when performing
plot stripping has been corrected.
o The problem outputting back slashes and unbalanced parentheses in PostScript
fonts has been corrected.
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KNOWN PROBLEMS:
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Currently, the /WINDOW qualified does not work. If you wish to perform an
operation on an object that is located in a window that is not the default
window, you must first make that other window the default.
This problem is due to an internal design bug that will be fixed in a
future release. We do not believe this problem is serious enough to
delay the release of other new Qscope features.
If you have any comments concerning this or other issues, please refer to the
Qscope notes conference on CADSYS::QSCOPE.
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DOCUMENTATION
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You can request a hard copy version of The VAX Qscope User's Guide, V2.1, by
sending mail to CADSYS::DOCUMENTATION.
There is also a PostScript copy of the User's Guide available from:
CADKITS$DOCO:QSCOPE21.POST
The PostScript version of the Qscope User's Guide is 245 pages long and
takes approximately two hours to print.
For your convenience, there is also a text (line printer) version of the
User's Guide that does not take as long to print, but contains no
illustrations. The text version of the manual is available from:
CADKITS$DOCO:QSCOPE21.TXT
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