Command Summary

The following table lists all commands available.

Command Name Description
Abort Aborts the current simulation
AbortSIMPLIS Sends a signal to the SIMPLIS simulator instructing it to abort
About Displays the about box
AddAnnotationText Adds text to an annotation
AddArc Symbol Definition Command. Create whole circles and ellipses as well as arcs of circles and ellipses
AddCirc Symbol Definition Command. Creates a circle.
AddCurveMarker Adds a curve marker to the currently selected graph sheet
AddDoubleClickAction Applies a double click action to the selected elements
AddFileViewMenuItem Adds a FileView menu item
AddFloodFill Symbol Definition Command. Adds a flood filled region to a symbol
AddFreeText Adds a free text item to the currently selected graph sheet
AddGlobalStyle Adds an additional global style.
AddGraphDimension Adds a dimension object to a graph
AddImage Adds an image to the current schematic
AddImageScript Symbol Definition Command. Adds an image.
AddLegend Adds a legend box to the currently selected graph
AddLegendProp Adds a property to a graph legend
AddPin Symbol Definition Command. Adds a pin to a symbol
AddProp Symbol Definition Command. Adds a property to a symbol definition
AddProperty Adds a property to the selected schematic elements
AddSeg Symbol Definition Command. Adds a line segment to a symbol
AddSymbolProperty Adds a property to the symbol currently open in the symbol editor
AddTextBox Adds a Text Box to the currently selected graph
AddTitleBlock Adds a title block to a schematic
AlignText Aligns the text of a text annotation
Anno Annotate schematic with unique component references
AppendGroup Appends a data group with another group
AppendTextWindow Inserts text into the schematic editor's simulator command window (F11 Window)
Arguments Declares arguments for a script.
BuildDefaultOptions Resets preference settings to factory defaults
Cancel Cancel schematic interactive command
CaptureWaveformImage Captures an image of the current highlighted graph
Cd Change current working directory
ChangeArcAttributes Modify symbol arc attributes
ChangeSelectedStyleNames Changes the styles of the selected elements
ChangeStyle Changes the style of the selected elements
ChangeSymbolProperty Modify property value/attributes in symbol editor
ClearMessageWindow Clears the command shell message window
Close Closes either the selected schematic or graph
CloseGraphSheet Closes the current tabbed sheet in the selected graph window
ClosePrinter Conclude print job
CloseSchem Closes the current schematic
CloseSheet Closes the currently selected schematic or symbol editor tabbed sheet
CloseSimplisStatusBox Closes the SIMPLIS simulation status box.
CloseTextEditor Closes the current text editor
CollectGarbage Deletes temporary vectors
CombineMenu Combines several menus into a separate menu
CompareSymbolLibs Compares two symbol libraries
Copy Copy selected schematic components then paste (Interactive)
CopyClipGraph Copy graph to clipboard to paste to other applications
CopyClipSchem Copy schematic to clipboard to paste to other applications
CopyFile Copy a file
CopyLocalSymbol Copy local symbol to global library
CreateFont Create a named font object
CreateGroup Creates a data group
CreateRunningDialog Creates a dialog for displaying progress whilst a script is running
CreateSym Symbol definition: Start definition
CreateToolBar Creates a new empty toolbar
CreateToolButton Creates or redefines a tool bar button
CursorMode Enable/disable/step graph cursors
Curve Create new curve in existing graph
CurveEditCopy Copy specified curves to the internal clipboard
DefButton Defines the command executed when a button is pressed
DefineToolBar Defines the action for a schematic button
DefKey Define keyboard key
DefMenu Define fixed or popup menu item
Del Delete file
DelCrv Delete curve
Delete Delete selected schematic items
DeleteAxis Delete specified y-axis or grid
DeleteGraphAnno Delete graph annotation object
DeleteSymbolProperty Delete property in symbol editor
DelGroup Delete group (of simulation data)
DelLegendProp Delete graph legend property
DelMenu Deletes specified menu item, or submenu.
DelProp Delete schematic instance property
DelSym Delete symbol definition
DestroyRunningDialog Destroys a process running dialog
Detach Detach selected wires. (Disables rubberbanding)
Discard Free up memory used by vectors
Display Display variables in current group
DrawArc Initiate arc drawing mode in symbol editor
DrawArrow Draws an arrow in the schematic editor
DrawPin Initiate pin placement mode in symbol editor
Echo Display text in message window or write text to file
EditColour Edit a colour
EditCopy Copy selected schematic items to clipboard for pasting to other schematics or other applications.
EditCut Deletes selected components and places them in the clipboard
EditFile Opens a text file in the text editor.
EditFont Edit a font
EditGroupTitle Edit a group's title
EditPaste Paste clipboard data to schematic. (Interactive)
EditPin Edit a pin name of a symbol in the currently installed symbol library
EndSym Symbol definition: terminate definition
Execute Execute script
ExecuteMenu Executes the menu with given identifier
FileViewCleanUpFileWatchers Removes unnecessary file watchers
FloodFillSymbol Flood fills a symbol
Focus Focus on a window
FocusCommandShell Selects the Command Shell and assigns it keyboard focus
FocusShell Selects the Command Shell and assigns it keyboard focus
GraphZoomMode Select mode for next cursor zoom function
GroupSelected Groups all selected schematic elements
Help Display help system
HideCurve Hides specified curve.
HighlightCurve Highlights the selected curve
HighlightWidget Highlights a particular content view
Hint Display a hint to the user
HourGlass Displays the hourglass cursor shape indicating that some action is in progress
ImportSymbol Import symbol to symbol editor
Inst Place component on schematic. (Interactive unless
KeepGroup Prevent group (simulation data) from being automatically deleted.
Let Evaluate expression
Listing Display or write to file current netlist.
ListModels Create dictionary of currently installed models
ListOptions List all global options to file
ListStdKeys Write standard key definitions to file
LoadModelIndex Reload model library indexes into memory
LoadSimulatorStyleSheet Applies a style sheet to simulator GUI elements.
LoadStyleSheet Applies a style sheet to the whole application.
MakeAlias Make alias variable
MakeCatalog Makes OUT.CAT file for use by parts browser
MakeSymbolScript Build script for symbol(s)
MakeTree Creates the specified directory path
MCD Make and change current working directory
MD Make directory
Message Display message in schematic status window
MessageBox Displays message box
Move Move selected schematic items (Interactive)
MoveCurve Move specified curve to new axis
MoveFile Moves a file to a new location
MoveMenu Moves the position of a menu item by a specified count
MoveProperty Move a property on a schematic instance
Netlist Create netlist of current schematic
NewAnnotation Interactive placement of a new annotation
NewAxis Create new y-axis
NewBasicTextEditor Create a new plain text document
NewFileView Creates a new File View
NewGraphWindow Open new graph window
NewGrid Create new graph grid
NewLabel Adds a new unplaced text label to a schematic
NewLogicDefinitionEditor Create a new plain text document
NewNetlist Create a new plain text document
NewPartSelector Creates a new Part Selector
NewPrinterPage Start new page in print job
NewSchem Open new schematic window.
NewScript Create a new plain text document
NewStyle Creates a new style
NewSymbol Opens a new symbol editor view
NewVerilogA Create a Verilog A editor
NewVerilogHDL Create a Verilog HDL editor
NoPaint Disable graph painting for duration of current script
NoUndo Inhibits saving to undo buffer
OpenAsciiFile Opens a schematic ASCII file in the text editor.
OpenBasicTextEditor Opens a text file in the text editor.
OpenDirectory Opens the directory given
OpenExternalFile Opens the file in the operating system default
OpenGraph Opens a SIMetrix graph file
OpenGroup Create new group (of simulation data) from data file.
OpenLogicDefinitionEditor Opens a logic definition file in the text editor.
OpenNetlist Opens a SPICE netlist or model file in the text editor.
OpenPrinter Begin print job
OpenRawFile Opens a SPICE 3 format ASCII raw file.
OpenSchem Open existing schematic
OpenScript Opens a script source file in the text editor.
OpenSimplisStatusBox Opens the SIMPLIS simulation status box.
OpenVerilogA Opens a Verilog-A source file in the text editor.
OpenVerilogHDL Opens a Verilog-HDL source file in the text editor.
OpenWebPage Opens a web page in the system default browser
OptionsDialog Open options dialog box
Pan Pan (scroll) schematic specified number of grid squares
PasteGraphImageToSchematic Copies a picture of the graph to a schematic.
Pause Pause current simulation
PlaceCursor Position graph cursor
Plot Create new graph window and plot curve
PreProcessNetlist Pre-processes a netlist. Intended for use with SIMPLIS but is general purpose in nature
PrintGraph Print graph. (Interactive)
PrintSchematic Print current schematic in non-interactive print job
Probe Change schematic cursor to probe and wait for mouse click. (Interactive)
Prop Change/add property of/to schematic instance
Protect Protect selected schematic components
Quit Exit SIMetrix
RD Remove directory
ReadLogicCompatibility Read logic compatibility tables
RebuildSymbols Reload symbols from library file
Redirect Redirect messages to message window to file
RedirectMessages Redirects all command shell messages to a file
RegisterUserFunction Register a user defined function
RenameLibs Run rename model utility
RenameMenu Renames a menu item
RepeatLastMenu Executes most recently selected the menu
ReplayTraces Re-builds graph curves created by fixed probe definitions
Reset Release memory used for simulation
ResizeWindow Resizes the current window
RestartTran Restart a transient analysis
RestoreCommandShell Re-opens the command shell if closed
RestoreDefaultStyles Restores default styles
Resume Resumes a previously paused simulation.
RotInst Rotate component or block
Run Runs a simulation on specified netlist.
RunAsync Spawns a new simulator process and runs specified netlist.
RunCurrentScript Runs the script currently open in the text editor.
RunSIMPLIS Runs the SIMPLIS simulator
Save Save selected schematic
SaveAs Saves the currently selected schematic
SaveGraph Saves the currently selected graph to a binary file
SaveGroup Saves the current data group
SaveRhs Create nodeset file to speed DC convergence
SaveSnapShot Saves the current state of a transient analysis to a snapshot file
SaveSymbol Save a symbol to a library or as a component
SaveSymlib Writes the entire global symbol library or a specified installed symbol library file to
SaveTextEditor Saves current text editor
SaveTextEditorAs Saves the current text editor to a specific file
SchematicEnableFileWatcher Enables the file watcher on the schematic
SchematicFileWatcherIgnoreChanges Disables the file watcher on a schematic editor
SchematicFileWatcherWatchChanges Enables the file watcher on a schematic editor
ScreenShotWindow Captures a screen shot of the current window
ScriptAbort Abort currently executing script
ScriptPause Pause currently executing script
ScriptResume Resume paused script
ScriptStep Single step script
Select Select schematic items (Interactive)
SelectCurve Select specified curve
SelectGraph Switches the graph tabbed sheet
SelectLegends Selects or unselects all graph window legends
SelectSchematic Focuses on the specified schematic
SelectSimulator Selects current simulator for selected schematic
SelectSymbolPin Selects the symbol pin with given name
SelectWireConnected Selects all wires connected to the currently selected elements
Set Set option
SetAnnotationTextPosition Sets the position of text within a shape based annotation
SetCurveName Change curve name
SetDefaultEncoding Sets the default encoding for reading text files when detected as not UTF-8.
SetGraphAnnoProperty Change a graph object property value
SetGroup Change current group
SetHighlight Highlights or unhighlights schematic objects
SetOrigin Set origin of symbol in symbol editor
SetPinPrefix Sets the prefix for the selected pin property
SetPinSuffix Sets the suffix for the selected pin property
SetReadOnly Sets a vector to be read-only
SetRef Change/attach reference to variable
SetSnapGrid Sets schematic snap grid
SetStyleColour Sets the style with the specified colour
SetSymbolFillStyle Applies a fill style to a symbol
SetSymbolOriginVisibility Controls the visibility of the origin marker in the symbol editor
SetUnits Change physical units of variable
Shell Execute external application or system command
ShellOld Execute external application or system command
Show Display or write to file specified variable
ShowCurve Show hidden curve
ShowSimulatorWindow Display simulator status box
SizeGraph Zoom or scroll graph
TemplateEditProperty Template script command. Edits the property of a schematic instance
TemplateSetValue Template script command. Sets the template value
TextEditorCommentLines Comments highlighted lines in the selected text editor
TextEditorFileWatcherIgnoreChanges Disables file watcher for current text editor
TextEditorFileWatcherWatchChanges Enables file watcher for current text editor
TextEditorFind Displays the find pop-up window for the selected text editor
TextEditorFindNext Triggers a find next event on the current text editor
TextEditorGoToLine Moves the cursor to the given line in the text editor
TextEditorUncommentLines Uncomments highlighted lines in the selected text editor
TextWin Show/hide/toggle schematic text window
Title Change title of graph or schematic
TitleSchem Sets the title of the current schematic
Trace Define trace (live graphing during simulation)
UndoGraphZoom Restore previous graph view area
UngroupSelected Ungroups selected schematic elements
UnHighlightCurves Unhighlights all curves.
UnLet Delete variable
Unprotect Unprotect and select all protected schematic instances
Unselect Unselect all schematic instances
UnSet Delete option
UpdateAllSymbols Conditionally updates all symbols in open schematics
UpdateAnnotationText Updates the text within the selected annotation
UpdateDefaultStyle Updates the default global style.
UpdateGlobalStyle Updates an existing global style.
UpdateProperties Restores properties on specified schematic instances to symbol defaults
UpdateRunningDialog Updates a process running dialog by one step
UpdateStyleInfo Updates the style information
UpdateSymbol Updates specified symbol on selected schematic
UpdateSystemStyleInfo Updates the style information at the system level
UpdateTitleBlock Updates the content of a title block
ViewFile View file in read-only mode
WebOpen Opens a web page with the given url
Wire Start/continue schematic wire. (Interactive unless /loc specified)
WireMode Enter/exit schematic wiring mode
WM_CloseAllSystemWidgets Closes all System Views in current window.
WM_CloseNonPrimaryWindows Closes all windows except the main window
WM_ProgressWindowClose Closes the specified progress window
WM_ProgressWindowCloseAll Forces all progress windows to be closed
WM_ProgressWindowCreate Creates a progress window
WM_ProgressWindowReport Increments the progress bar and allows status message to be updated
WM_RevertToSaved Reverts a widget back to its last saved state.
WM_Undock Undocks a content widget from its window.
WriteImportedModels Write referenced models of netlist to specified file
XMLAddAttribute Adds an attribute to the XML at the current location
XMLAddElement Adds an element to the XML at the current location
XMLClose Closes the XML reference
XMLGoUpLevel Moves the current focus element up to its parent
XMLNew Creates a new XML reference object
XMLOpenElement Opens the XML element and sets it as the current focus level
XMLOpenFile Opens an XML document from a file creating a new XML reference object
Zoom Zoom selected schematic