Highways

A highway represents multiple conductors (wires or nets) in a single graphical representation.

Note

Highways are also known as tramways and raceways.

Figure 121: 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, under which the conductor interfaces interfacing with it are listed.

When filtering is applied to a diagram, a highway is filtered out if all conductors interfacing with it are filtered out.

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

A highway can have multiple instances within a design (see Design-Wide Objects) or in multiple designs (see Shared Objects). You can share a highway to create a highway connection between designs. In both cases, cross-references are supported as on other diagram objects (see Cross-References on Objects or Pins), and you can use the View Related Items functionality to view other instances (see Viewing Another Instance of an Object or Pin).

If you copy and paste a highway on its own, you will create a new highway (not another instance of the same highway) and no interfacing conductors are copied with it. See “Copying and Pasting an Object in a Diagram” in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide. Similarly, if you move a highway on its own, no interfacing conductors are moved with it.

• Highway / Conductor Interfaces

• Adding a Highway

• Adding a New Branch to a Highway

• Moving a Highway Section

• Editing a Highway

• Deleting a Highway Section

• Deleting an Entire Highway

• Interfacing a Conductor With a Highway

• Routing Existing Conductors into a Highway

• Removing a Conductor From a Highway

• Unrouting Selected Conductors From a Highway

• Unrouting all Conductors From a Highway

Parent Topic:

Conductors

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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