3.5 Converting Between Bus and Signal Types

Virtual bus and Group buses can be converted into one another. Also signals can converted in to a bus with the same name.

Convert between a Virtual bus and a Group Bus:

•Select a bus name, then right-click and choose Group Bus <-> Virtual Bus from the context menu, OR choose the Bus > Group Bus <-> Virtual Bus from the main menu.

Convert Signals with the same name to a Bus:

Single bit signals that have the same signal name except for brackets defining the bit position can be combined into buses (SIG1[0], SIG1[1], SIG1[2] can be combined).

•To operate on the whole diagram, make sure no signal names are selected. To operate on a portion of the diagram, select all the signals that you want to search through.

•Select the Bus > Convert signals to buses menu option. to convert all the same name signals.

Convert Signals with Arbitrary names to a Bus:

If the names of the signals to be converted do not fit the bracket pattern matching, you can always combine them manually into a group bus using the technique Create a Group Bus from existing signals as discussed in Section 3.2: Group Buses. This group bus can then be converted to a virtual bus using the Group Bus <-> Virtual Bus function.