Command Summary

The following table lists all commands available.

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

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