Working with Delays

About Part Delays

Part Delays are specified in the “Part Delay” panel and represent actual part delays specified by the manufacturer. A “Part Delay” needs to be specified before adding a Delay to the diagram.

Adding New Delays

  1. Select 2 edges. The first edge selected should occur in time before the second.

  2. Add Menu -> Delay or Ctrl 7 or pop-up menu -> Add Delay

  3. Enter the Delay parameters in the Delay panel and hit the Add button.

Adding Previously Used Delays

  1. Select 2 edges. The first edge selected should occur in time before the second.

  2. Pop-up menu, select “Add Used Delay”

Selecting and Deselecting

select

  1. Click on the Delay name or drag mouse to form rectangle around the Delay

  2. Hold down the Shft key and click on the Delay names

deselect

  1. Deselect all. Esc key or click in empty area

  2. Hold down the Shft key and click on Delay names

Moving

  1. Select the delays.

  2. Use Alt and left key to move the Delays back one half clock cycle

  3. Use Alt and right key to move the Delays forward one half clock cycle.

Moving the Text Labels

horizontally

  1. Select the Delay.

  2. Use left or right key to move the label to the left, right, or center position.

vertically

  1. Select the Delay.

  2. Use up and down keys to move the label. Use the Shft or Alt key with the up and down key to precisely position the text. Select multiple delays and move all the labels at the same time.

Deleting

  1. Select the Delays.

  2. Use the delete key.