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How to Create Jumper Wires in Schematics for Clarity

sysy019

Hello,

I'm currently working on a schematic in Circuit Studio and seeking to improve its readability. I noticed in some schematics, like the attached image, that jumper wires are used to clearly indicate where wires cross without connecting. In my current schematic, the lines simply cross each other, which can be visually confusing.

Could someone guide me on how to create these jumper wires or implement a similar feature to enhance the clarity of my schematic? Any tips or procedures for visually distinguishing crossing wires would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your help!

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  • +1

    Go under File >> System Preferences (the button at the bottom) >> Schematic >> General >> Display Cross-Overs

  • 0

    Related: when I studied electronics and learned to draw schematics, a "crossing connection" was not allowed. Connections had to be T nodes.

    • A T node is always a connection
    • Crossing wires is always a cross, never a node

    One of the advantages is that crosses and jump hoops may become blurred, and look similar,  when you resize schematic bitmaps (or in the days: when you xerox a schematic). 

  • 0 in reply to Jan Cumps

    This is the correct way to do connections and crossing. Combined with a very strong effort to minimize crossings as much as possible, you get very readable schematics. 

    Example above: one could route the signal going to 'pin17' below R14 and the GND symbol. 

  • 0 in reply to Jan Cumps

    I (sort of) agree here and find it clearer without the curves.  I wouldn’t necessarily define it purely as a T node though: a wire could connect and then continue to connect to another of the same net.  It’s the dot or blob that defines a connection even at a T junction, although it would be easy to argue that a wire that arrives at another and doesn’t continue is almost certainly connected or an error - although the EDA program is likely to complain in an ERC check if a wire just stops without the blob.  So a wire that crosses without the blob is not connected and it’s definitely worth going with the flow on this one as it would help in reading other’s schematics.

  • 0 in reply to Andrew J
    Andrew J said:
    t’s the dot or blob that defines a connection even at a T junction

    It works well if you can maintain the resolution of the image. Once it's a bitmap or a printout, every cross will start looking as if there's (maybe) a dot eventually. 

    Here's how The AOE draws:

    image

  • 0 in reply to Jan Cumps

    I always used to do this, so it is clear that it is a join and not a crossing.

    image

  • 0 in reply to beacon_dave

    I used that one too. It surely helped me.