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ashleynewson / SmartSim

Design and simulate digital logic circuits of varying complexity.
smartsim.org.uk
GNU General Public License v3.0
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new project can't add projects #3

Closed chriscamacho closed 11 years ago

chriscamacho commented 11 years ago

I cloned and compiled without fault then ran make install on latest ubuntu 64bit

when starting or selecting new project I see only a grey window with "welcome to smartsim"

There seems no way to add any of the components or create any kind of circuit

in order to edit / create a circuit I have to load in an existing circuit...

ashleynewson commented 11 years ago

On the menu bar, use "File>>New Project" and then "File>>New Component". This will provide you with a blank component to build upon.

The manual is available to clarify how to use SmartSim. You can find it on the SmartSim GitHub downloads area, or at: http://smartsim.org.uk/download.php?item=manual_smartsim

Please reply to acknowledge that your problem has been solved. Thank you.

chriscamacho commented 11 years ago

ah, its an unfortunate collision of terminology that's initially quite confusing, being as a workspace can be turned into a component ! (ie component as in an individual gate, workspace being a whole circuit / area made up of multiple components)

Is there any reason that a new project need start without a workspace? if a workspace were automatically created with a new project this might be a little less confusing. You could then later use the terminology "create custom component from workspace" to further reduce confusion

wraybowling commented 5 years ago

This is a VERY SERIOUS usability issue. All new projects should start with a new component. I clicked around on everything I could think of not understanding how to get past "Welcome to SmartSim" for about 10 minutes.

Please re-open this ticket.