LT Spice XVII is in my opinion a little weird about the simulation command pull-down menus. So people wind up editing sim command lines to insert and delete semicolons to enable various sims. I switch other kinds of Spice directives on and off by right-clicking and changing the line from "spice directive" to "comment", which is easier than editing semicolons. I emailed Mike Engelhardt about that and he pointed out that you can switch a sim directive line to/from a comment line using ctrl/rightclick. I didn't know that. Ctrl/rightclick works for all the comment/directive cases. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
semicolons in LT Spice
Started by ●February 28, 2019
Reply by ●February 28, 20192019-02-28
On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 12:31:26 PM UTC-6, John Larkin wrote:> LT Spice XVII is in my opinion a little weird about the simulation > command pull-down menus. So people wind up editing sim command lines > to insert and delete semicolons to enable various sims. I switch other > kinds of Spice directives on and off by right-clicking and changing > the line from "spice directive" to "comment", which is easier than > editing semicolons. > > I emailed Mike Engelhardt about that and he pointed out that you can > switch a sim directive line to/from a comment line using > ctrl/rightclick. I didn't know that. > > Ctrl/rightclick works for all the comment/directive cases.One of the biggest problems with LTSpice is the lack of useful information available about it. There are tons of web pages and videos about using it, but they mostly cover the same info and not in entirely useful ways. LTSpice has a steep learning curve and an ugly user interface. If you think schematics and Teslas are ugly, I can't believe you would ever touch LTSpice. Rick C.
Reply by ●March 1, 20192019-03-01
On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:34:26 -0800 (PST), gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com wrote:>On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 12:31:26 PM UTC-6, John Larkin wrote: >> LT Spice XVII is in my opinion a little weird about the simulation >> command pull-down menus. So people wind up editing sim command lines >> to insert and delete semicolons to enable various sims. I switch other >> kinds of Spice directives on and off by right-clicking and changing >> the line from "spice directive" to "comment", which is easier than >> editing semicolons. >> >> I emailed Mike Engelhardt about that and he pointed out that you can >> switch a sim directive line to/from a comment line using >> ctrl/rightclick. I didn't know that. >> >> Ctrl/rightclick works for all the comment/directive cases. > >One of the biggest problems with LTSpice is the lack of useful information available about it. There are tons of web pages and videos about using it, but they mostly cover the same info and not in entirely useful ways. LTSpice has a steep learning curve and an ugly user interface. If you think schematics and Teslas are ugly, I can't believe you would ever touch LTSpice. > >Rick C.Ditto. -- Boris --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Reply by ●March 1, 20192019-03-01
On Fri, 01 Mar 2019 03:40:45 -0500, Boris Mohar <borism_void_@sympatico.ca> wrote:>On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:34:26 -0800 (PST), gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com >wrote: > >>On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 12:31:26 PM UTC-6, John Larkin wrote: >>> LT Spice XVII is in my opinion a little weird about the simulation >>> command pull-down menus. So people wind up editing sim command lines >>> to insert and delete semicolons to enable various sims. I switch other >>> kinds of Spice directives on and off by right-clicking and changing >>> the line from "spice directive" to "comment", which is easier than >>> editing semicolons. >>> >>> I emailed Mike Engelhardt about that and he pointed out that you can >>> switch a sim directive line to/from a comment line using >>> ctrl/rightclick. I didn't know that. >>> >>> Ctrl/rightclick works for all the comment/directive cases. >> >>One of the biggest problems with LTSpice is the lack of useful information available about it. There are tons of web pages and videos about using it, but they mostly cover the same info and not in entirely useful ways. LTSpice has a steep learning curve and an ugly user interface. If you think schematics and Teslas are ugly, I can't believe you would ever touch LTSpice. >> >>Rick C. > >Ditto.Do I have to give all the money back? -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
Reply by ●March 1, 20192019-03-01
On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:03:22 AM UTC-8, John Larkin wrote:> On Fri, 01 Mar 2019 03:40:45 -0500, Boris Mohar > <borism_void_@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > >On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:34:26 -0800 (PST), gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >>On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 12:31:26 PM UTC-6, John Larkin wrote: > >>> LT Spice XVII is in my opinion a little weird about the simulation > >>> command pull-down menus. So people wind up editing sim command lines > >>> to insert and delete semicolons to enable various sims. I switch other > >>> kinds of Spice directives on and off by right-clicking and changing > >>> the line from "spice directive" to "comment", which is easier than > >>> editing semicolons. > >>> > >>> I emailed Mike Engelhardt about that and he pointed out that you can > >>> switch a sim directive line to/from a comment line using > >>> ctrl/rightclick. I didn't know that. > >>> > >>> Ctrl/rightclick works for all the comment/directive cases. > >> > >>One of the biggest problems with LTSpice is the lack of useful information available about it. There are tons of web pages and videos about using it, but they mostly cover the same info and not in entirely useful ways. LTSpice has a steep learning curve and an ugly user interface. If you think schematics and Teslas are ugly, I can't believe you would ever touch LTSpice. > >> > >>Rick C. > > > >Ditto. > > Do I have to give all the money back?lol. Yes! And do a lot of whining in the process!
Reply by ●March 1, 20192019-03-01
On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 09:41:16 -0800 (PST), Simon S Aysdie <gwhite@ti.com> wrote:>On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:03:22 AM UTC-8, John Larkin wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Mar 2019 03:40:45 -0500, Boris Mohar >> <borism_void_@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> >On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:34:26 -0800 (PST), gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> > >> >>On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 12:31:26 PM UTC-6, John Larkin wrote: >> >>> LT Spice XVII is in my opinion a little weird about the simulation >> >>> command pull-down menus. So people wind up editing sim command lines >> >>> to insert and delete semicolons to enable various sims. I switch other >> >>> kinds of Spice directives on and off by right-clicking and changing >> >>> the line from "spice directive" to "comment", which is easier than >> >>> editing semicolons. >> >>> >> >>> I emailed Mike Engelhardt about that and he pointed out that you can >> >>> switch a sim directive line to/from a comment line using >> >>> ctrl/rightclick. I didn't know that. >> >>> >> >>> Ctrl/rightclick works for all the comment/directive cases. >> >> >> >>One of the biggest problems with LTSpice is the lack of useful information available about it. There are tons of web pages and videos about using it, but they mostly cover the same info and not in entirely useful ways. LTSpice has a steep learning curve and an ugly user interface. If you think schematics and Teslas are ugly, I can't believe you would ever touch LTSpice. >> >> >> >>Rick C. >> > >> >Ditto. >> >> Do I have to give all the money back? > >lol. Yes! And do a lot of whining in the process!Really, LT Spice has been very good to us. I found it easy to learn and it makes schematics and graphs that are good enough to put into manuals. A lot of my customers, as in BIG ones, use LT Spice too. It's convenient to swap .asc files. All my recent hires used it in college so are already up to speed; they often are better at it than I am. The HELP is mediocre, but you can google tons of stuff. Mike answers my emails, usually same day. I've used several other simulators, some of them expensive. LT is the best. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
Reply by ●March 1, 20192019-03-01
On Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:32:18 -0800, John Larkin wrote:> I've used several other simulators, some of them expensive. LT is the > best.+1. No complaints here! Mike and his team at Linear did us a great service by making this available for free. Pity there are always some people you can never please. -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.
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