The File menu provides the operations below. Quit closes the window. There is no Java Web Start Save and Exit path; the native binary is an ordinary application.
The current state of the design will be saved in the internal bin file format. Designs in the bin format may be not compatible across different versions of the router.
Here you can save the current state of the design in a file with a file name of your choice. Allowed are the extensions bin and dsn. If you choose the extension bin, the design will be saved in the internal binary format. In this case the current state of the main window will also be saved. Because a design saved in this file format cannot be read in general by a later version of the router, prefer dsn if you want to open the file again with a later version. The design will then be saved in a text file format which is an extension of the Specctra dsn format.
The current interactive settings will be saved in a file with name gui_defaults.par. When you later open a design in the .dsn format and a file with name gui_defaults.par is found, the saved settings are restored. In this way you can save your personal preferences for the GUI independent of the design. If you prefer different colors for the object types, or if you have two display screens and want to move the positions of the subwindows to the second screen, you do not have to make this change each time you open a new design. It is recommended to create the file gui_defaults.par from a design with as many layers as possible. Otherwise the layer dependent colors of the single object types would repeat, if this file was created from a design with fewer layers than the current design.
If you want to transfer the changes of the design created by this software back to the host system, you can write here a session file in the Specctra .ses format. You can then import this file into the host system, as you would do it when using the Specctra or Electra autorouter. After the session file is written, you will be asked if you also want to save the rules created inside this program for later reuse. Answer with yes, if for example you have created Via Rules, which you want to reuse after switching forth and back to the host system. However a new created rule in the host system might be overwritten by a saved rule in this case. If the original design file was created by Cadsoft-Eagle, you will see the following entry instead:
A text file with the same name as the design file and the extension scr will be written. You can import the changes of the design to Cadsoft Eagle by selecting in the File pull down menu of Eagle Script... and choosing this text file. After the text file is written, you will be asked if you also want to save the rules created inside this program for later reuse. Answer with yes, if for example you have created Via Rules, which you want to reuse after switching forth and back to Eagle. However a new created rule in Eagle might be overwritten by a saved rule in this case.
The program has unlimited Undo Redo capability. The Undo stack does not get lost even after saving the design and restarting the program. Shortcuts are u for Undo and b for Redo. The Routing menu and the toolbar offer the same commands.
To display the whole board. In the Zoom menu the same command is Zoom Fit All. Shortcut is a.
After selecting this button you can choose a display rectangle by dragging the mouse with the left button pressed. Shortcut is f. You can also zoom by turning the mouse wheel and pan by dragging with the right mouse button or the mouse wheel pressed.
Zooms in a way that selected items are maximally visible. In the Zoom menu the same command is Zoom Fit Selection. This feature makes only sense to use in the select/edit state.
To change the Unit or the Unit Factor. Possible choices are mil, inch, mm and um. After selecting for example 0.1 mm all coordinates in the IDE are displayed as multiples of 0.1 mm.