What visitors see on a public circuit
A walk through the public circuit page: the preview, the details card, the component table, and the buttons a visitor gets.
Britt Espinosa
Last Update hace 15 días
Once a circuit is public and saved, it gets a page of its own that anyone can open without an account. Knowing what that page shows is worth a minute before you hand the link out, because it pulls from fields you control.
The header
At the top sit breadcrumbs reading CircuitSim, then Public circuits, then the circuit name. Below them, the visitor sees the circuit title, the owner's name, a Created date, and an Updated date. An owner who has no display name set shows as Anonymous.
The main button
Anyone who is not the owner gets Copy & edit. You, as the owner, get Open in editor instead.
A visitor who is signed out and clicks Copy & edit is sent to the sign in page first, and lands in the editor afterward. So the button works for logged out visitors, with an account step in the middle.
The preview
The page shows a rendered image of the schematic. If the owner has not saved a schematic yet, the placeholder reads Preview will appear once the owner saves the schematic instead.
That preview comes from the saved schematic, so a tidy canvas makes a better first impression. Zoom to extents and Auto arrange schematic labels in the schematic toolbar both help.
The Details card
A small card summarizes the circuit:
| Row | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Components | How many parts are on the schematic |
| Schematic | Yes, or Netlist only when the circuit is SPICE text with no drawn schematic |
| Simulation | The analysis the circuit is set up for, such as Interactive, Transient analysis, AC sweep, or DC sweep |
| Copies | How many times it has been copied, or Not copied yet |
Tags, description, and parts
Below that:
- A Tags card with clickable chips that lead to the public circuit list filtered by that tag. With no tags set, it reads No tags yet.
- About this circuit, which is your description, expandable when it runs long.
- A Components used table listing Name, Manufacturer, MPN, Count, and Type. Official components link through to their own component pages. The first 100 rows are shown, with Showing 100 of {n} when there are more. A circuit with no part metadata shows No component metadata available.
- A SPICE netlist block, when the circuit has a netlist.
The page closes with a call to action headed Try this circuit yourself, or Jump back into your circuit when the owner is looking, plus a Browse more circuits link.
When the page does not exist
The page renders only for circuits that are public and saved. A private circuit or an unsaved draft returns a 404 at that address, even for a visitor holding the link.
Addresses are canonical. A link with the wrong name portion redirects to the correct one rather than breaking, so older links keep working after a rename.
The page is indexable, which is how public circuits turn up in web search results.