Viewing multi paired schematic and layout windows on printed circuit board (PCB) design software and tools

A method, comprising:

• receiving a printed circuit board design in a memory;
• graphically generating, using a processor, multiple schematic windows of the printed circuit board design;
• graphically generating, using the processor, multiple layout windows of the printed circuit board design;
• graphically outputting the multiple schematic windows of the printed circuit board design simultaneously with graphically outputting the multiple layout windows of the printed circuit board design,
• wherein a first of the schematic windows is paired with a first of the layout windows, the paired windows depicting representations of a common sub-portion of the printed circuit board design;
• receiving, via a user interface, a user selection of at least a portion of the common sub-portion, and in response thereto, automatically selecting a second sub-portion of the printed circuit board design connected to the common sub-portion of the printed circuit board design depicted in the first of the windows;
• and
• graphically generating a second of the layout windows depicting representations of the second sub-portion of the printed circuit board design.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a printed circuit board design in a memory;
• generating, using a processor, multiple schematic windows of the printed circuit board design;
• generating, using the processor, multiple layout windows of the printed circuit board design,
• graphically outputting the multiple schematic windows of the printed circuit board design simultaneously with graphically outputting the multiple layout windows of the printed circuit board design,
• wherein a first of the schematic windows is paired with a first of the layout windows, the paired windows depicting representations of a common sub-portion of the printed circuit board design;
• and
• receiving, via a user interface, a user selection of a sub-portion of the sub-portion of the printed circuit board design depicted in a first of the layout windows, and generating a second of the layout windows corresponding to the selected sub-portion of the sub-portion;
• receiving, via a user interface, a user selection of a first component of the first of the schematic windows;
• and
• graphically outputting a component of the first of the layout windows corresponding to the selected first component of the paired first of the schematic windows in response to receiving the user selection of the first component.