The following table describes the commands found in the Tools menu.

Command Description
Component wizard Displays the Component Wizard, which takes you through the steps required to create a component.
Database»Database manager Displays the Database Manager, where you can add component families, assign button icons to families, edit, copy and delete components, and enter or modify user field titles for those component families.
Database»Save component to database Saves the selected component, including any changes you made to it, to the database.
Database»Merge database Displays the Merge Database dialog box where you can merge the contents of another database into your User or Corporate Database.
Database»Convert database Converts components in an existing Corporate or User Database into Multisim format.
Variant manager Displays the Variant Manager dialog box.
Set active variant Displays the Active Variant dialog box.
Circuit wizards»555 timer wizard Displays a dialog where you can design astable or monostable timer circuits.
Circuit wizards»Filter wizard Displays a dialog where you can design Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Band Reject filters.
Circuit wizards»Opamp wizard Displays a dialog where you can design the following opamp circuits: Inverting Amplifier; Non-inverting Amplifier; Difference Amplifier; Inverted Summing Amplifier; Non-inverted Summing Amplifier; Scaling Adder.
Circuit Wizards»CE BJT amplifier wizard Displays a dialog where you can design common emitter amplifier circuits by entering the desired specifications into its fields.
SPICE netlist viewer»Save SPICE netlist Displays a Save As dialog box where you save the contents of the SPICE Netlist Viewer as a .cir file.
SPICE netlist viewer»Select all Selects all of the text in the SPICE Netlist Viewer.
SPICE netlist viewer»Copy SPICE netlist Copies the contents of the SPICE Netlist Viewer.
SPICE netlist viewer»Print SPICE netlist Prints the contents of the SPICE Netlist Viewer.
SPICE netlist viewer»Regenerate SPICE netlist Checks for changes to the active design, and updates the netlist accordingly.
Advanced RefDes configuration Renumbers components on the workspace. This is useful if you have numbers that appear all over the workspace, depending on where they were placed, or if you have numbers missing in a sequence.
Replace components Before using, select the desired component(s) in the design window to be replaced. Invokes the Select a Component dialog box from which you can select a new component. Click OK to replace the old component(s) with the selected new one.
Update components If you open a design that was created in an older version of Multisim, you can use this command to update its components to match the current database.
Update subsheet symbols Updates hierarchical block and subcircuit symbols on designs from older versions of Multisim.
Electrical rules check Displays the Electrical Rules Check dialog box where you can create reports of electrical connection errors, such as an output pin connected to a power pin.
Clear ERC markers Clears ERC error markers from the workspace that were placed during earlier ERC runs.
Toggle NC marker Places a no connection (NC) marker on a selected pin, which prevents wires from being attached to that pin.
Symbol Editor Creates and edits component symbols.
Title Block Editor Edits the appearance of, or creates a new, title block.
Description Box Editor Displays the screen where you edit the contents of the Description Box.
Capture screen area Takes a screen capture of a specific area of your screen.
Online design resources Launches a web page for the selected product. For example, Analog Devices, Circuits from the Lab.
Education website Launches your Internet browser and directs you to the National Instruments Academic website.