What is a subdivider?

A subdivider is used to specify the place or places at which you wish you split your circuit when performing a circuit subdivision. All subdividers must have the same orientation, either horizontal (left-right) or vertical (up-down).

Subdivision sections are labeled ''s1'' ''s2'' ''s3'' and so forth, from left to right for vertical subdividers, and top to bottom for horizontal subdividers. These are added automatically and may not be edited. If you add a subdivider between two existing subdividers, all sections in the circuit are renamed in sequential order.

You should be aware of the following about subdividers:

- You may not click on an existing subdivider or outside the substrate to add a subdivider.

- Subdivision lines are always snapped to the grid.

- You may select and move or delete subdividers. You may not move one subdivider to the same position as another subdivider. If the grid size is changed in such a way that two lines would fall on top of each other, then one of the subdivision lines is removed.

- You can control display of subdividers and section labels using the Object Visibility dialog box.

- You can control selection of subdividers using the Selection Filter dialog box.

- Subdivision lines and subproject names are saved when the project is saved.

- Adding or deleting a subdivider automatically clears the main netlist project name and resets all subproject names.

The following are illegal conditions for subdivision lines:

- May not be off grid.

- Should not be placed at locations where strong coupling or quickly varying current occurs.

- May not be colinear with polygon edges (snapped edges).

- May not split a diagonal edge.

- May not split a port.

- May not be below the line of symmetry.

- May not split a component.

- May not split a polygon at a box wall. See the picture below.