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Acrobat ·
I often find myself in the situation where I'v gone very far inside a project and want to see a module which is 5-6 click above. In the future, can we have some sort of parallel desktop onto which I can drag and drop module to have 2 parts of the same project inn view? I mean a kind of visual "compare" function...
oddson ·
This problem is one of the uses I see for a global wireless transmitter... when you want to see what results occur within a module you just drop in a global wireless and then you can monitor the result from the UI level above.
For now I use shift-Fkey to assign an Fkey to toggle between the UI and the module I'm working on.
I think the split screen idea has also been mentioned but I don't think it ever was acknowledged as a 'maybe' by the devs.
aliasant ·
Spilt window is actually a great idea. I was thinking the same yeasterday... and many times before.
Also it would be nice if the gui could be on a seperate floating window.
That way you can easy turn knobs and see whats going on inside your schem.
Would make things a whole lot easyer.
Acrobat ·
aliasant wrote: Also it would be nice if the gui could be on a seperate floating window.
That way you can easy turn knobs and see whats going on inside your schem.
Yeah, you focused better than me what I was willing for!!: "A GUI floating window we can target modules to." 😀
Acrobat ·
oddson wrote: For now I use shift-Fkey to assign an Fkey to toggle between the UI and the module I'm working on.
?? I have to try...! 😮
oddson ·
The other thing you can do is to use the MIDI CC functions on the controls while you're still developing - then you can fiddle with a control (from your midi controller) while watching it's impact deep within the schematic -- instead of having to jump between layers and not being able to see the details of the value changes in real time.
aliasant ·
Smart little tip Oddson.
But it is a workaround 😉
With a floating GUI and a divided window we would be in heaven.
Acrobat ·
aliasant wrote: Smart little tip Oddson.
But it is a workaround 😉
With a floating GUI and a divided window we would be in heaven.
... and I think modern coreduo PCs would handle 2 windows with ease....
Spyro ·
With a floating GUI and a divided window we would be in heaven.
or even better, just using simple windows when you open modules.
I have three display monitors here, and I'm sure a lot of guys here have dual monitors, three or more.
opening modules and organizing them across multiple monitors is way more handy than having miniviews.
Could be good if you could drag views from the miniview panel on to the project, and that will open the desired view...if SM opens windows every time you double click you end having several windows that you may not need at all and you'll need to close them, instead, you pick and drag the right one and that's it.
In order to help with this, the miniview could change a bit too, and display at once all sub modules inside certain main module when you click on them, and you pick the one you need.
When you click a primitive, the miniview does nothing, I mean, the last module overview will still be displayed on the miniview, that to avoid unnecessary screen redraws over and over. Same when you click on a sub module inside a module that is already there in the miniview.
If the module you have in the miniview has too many sub modules, the miniview could feature colors for views that belongs to certain sub modules.
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rl ·
another little workaround tip: save schematic using a different name, then open both, one for viewing, one for editing
Acrobat ·
rl wrote: another little workaround tip: save schematic using a different name, then open both, one for viewing, one for editing
but they don't interact, one change in the first would not have effect on the second... 😉
aliasant ·
Acrobat wrote: rl wrote: another little workaround tip: save schematic using a different name, then open both, one for viewing, one for editing
but they don't interact, one change in the first would not have effect on the second... 😉
Exactly ! ! !
I think this should work like in most 3D applications.
You select 1, 2 or 4 view + the GUI floating.
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