Highways

A highway represents multiple conductors (wires and/or nets) in a single graphical representation. Highways are also known as tramways and raceways.

See Key Concepts.Example Highway

The example shows a highway named DOOR DRV.

A highway appears both graphically in a diagram, and under a Highways node in the Design Browser Window, under which the conductor interfaces interfacing with it are listed.

When highway functionality is described in this document, the word termination pertains to a conductor termination with an object other than the highway. The word interface pertains to the connection point between the highway, and a conductor instance.

A highway can have multiple instances within a design or in another design. If you want to create a highway connection between designs, you can share a highway to achieve this. In either case, cross-references are supported as on other diagram objects (see Editing the Graphical Properties of Cross-References), and you can use the View Related Items functionality to view other instances (see Viewing Another Instance of an Object).

If you move a highway on its own, no interfacing conductors are moved with it.

• Highway/Conductor Interfaces

• Editing a Highway

• Viewing the Pins in a Pin Stack

• Viewing the Highway Conductors that Terminate at Stacked Pins

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Key Concepts

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