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Menu Reference
Use the mouse or keyboard to select items from the menu:
File menu
File | New | Ctrl+N |
Clears the current file and goes back to the default file (loaded from default.psu). |
File | Open | Ctrl+O |
Opens a file which has already been saved to disk. |
File | Save | Ctrl+S |
Saves the current file. |
File | Save As | |
Saves the current file under a new name. |
File | Print | |
Print the schematic and results. |
File | Print Setup |
Ctrl+Alt+P | Setup the printer. |
File | Exit | Alt+F4 |
Exit PSUD2. |
File | 1..8 | |
Pick one of the most recently used files, so they can be loaded more easily. |
Options menu
Options | Accuracy |
Set the simulator accuracy to low, medium, or high. The higher the accuracy, the longer it takes to complete the simulation. |
Options | Allow warnings |
Select this if you want warnings to be displayed while the simulation is going on, e.g. PIV exceeded. |
Options | Auto simulate |
Select this if you want the simulator to re-run automatically when a component value has been changed. |
Options | Auto width |
Sets the width of
the results selector automatically. Note that if you try and resize the table
manually with the splitter, this option will be switched off |
Options | Dual axis |
Selecting dual axis shows the current and voltage results using two different scales on the chart. |
Options | Mains frequency |
Sets the mains frequency to 50, 60 or 400Hz. |
Options | Rectifier leak |
Allows various reverse leakage resistances to be dialled in. This is helpful for getting rid of kickback on choke input power supplies. |
Options | Soft start |
When selected, all voltage sources and current sinks are slowly ramped up until they reach 100% after half a second. |
Help menu
Help | Contents | Contents Displays the contents page in the help file. |
Help | About | Information on the application including copyright statement, and current software build. |
Help | System info | Displays information about the system relating to performance and available memory. |
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