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Text Orientation on Ports

Feature Description

 
A port's text orientation refers to the direction in which the abbreviation appears for that port when the associated object is highlighted in the main design window. For ports that are closest to the left or right side of an object, the text will appear horizontally; for ports that are closest to the top or bottom of the object, however, the text will be printed vertically (both orientations are shown in the picture below).
 
 
 
Although, by default, all port abbreviations are displayed, the Analyst can specify the allowed text orientations (horizontal, vertical or both) for each port using either Grid View or the port Details panel.
 

How to Specify Allowable Text Orientations for a Port (using Panels)

 
1
Select the Port to be changed.
2
Click on the Details tab in the context panels.
3
Select the appropriate entry from the Text Orientation drop-box on the Details panel.
 

How To Specify Allowable Text Orientations for One or More Ports (using Menus)

 
1
Select the Port(s) to be edited (alternatively, select the object(s) that contain the ports to be edited).
2
Right-click on one of the selected ports (or on the background of the design sheet) to display the pop-up context menu for ports.
 
     Alternative: Select Ports within the Design menu.
3
Select the allowable text orientation(s) from the Text Orientation submenu.
 

How To Specify Allowable Text Orientations for One or More Ports (using Grid View)

1
Select the Port(s) to be edited (alternatively, select the object(s) that contain the ports to be edited).
 
      Alternative: Allowable text orientations can be modified for all ports by invoking Grid View with nothing selected.
2
Click on the Grid View icon on the View toolbar.
3
If necessary, select "Ports" from the Contents Type drop-box on the Grid Control panel.
4
Enable "Port Details" on the Grid Control panel.
5
Select the allowable text orientation(s) in the Text Orientation column in the grid. (Note: the setting can be copied from one port to other rows in the column so that a batch of ports can all be easily set to the same setting).