Using Electric 3-5: Moving Up and Down the Hierarchy

Chapter III: HIERARCHY

| ## 5: Moving Up and Down the Hierarchy |

Each editing window in Electric displays a single facet. Editing changes can only be made to that facet, and not to any subfacets that appear as instances. Thus, you may be able to see the contents of a facet instance, but you cannot edit it.

To edit a facet instance, use the Down Hierarchy command of the Facets menu. This command will descend into the definition of the currently selected facet instance. The contents will appear at the same size and location as the instance, and you will now be able to edit the contents.

The Up Hierarchy command pops you to the next higher facet in the hierarchy. If there was an associated Down Hierarchy command, then this returns you to the place where you started, up the hierarchy. If the Down Hierarchy command was not used, Electric attempts to figure out the next higher facet in the hierarchy. If there are multiple possibilities (because the current facet is used in many locations) then you will be prompted for a specific location. If an export is selected when the Up Hierarchy command is issued, that path is followed up the hierarchy.

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