How to add a Linear and Logarithmic Potentiometer in Circuit Wizard

Question

I'm new in this kind of thing and I'm using Circuit Wizard (Circuit Simulation Software). I was trying to simulate an overdrive pedal circuit (https://www.instructables.com/id/Overdrive-Pedal/) in Circuit Wizard, but I found some problems...

Some notes that can help somehow:

1. The 50k Potentiometer in this picture ("Gain"), it's a 100k Linear Potentiometer;
2. The 100k Potentiometer ("Volume"), it's a 100k Logarithmic Potentiometer;
3. The 10k Potentiometer ("Tone"), it's a 10k Linear Potentiometer.

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I would like an answer for these questions:

1. Visualy (in a schematic), can you distinguish a Linear Potentiometer from a Logarithmic Potentiometer?

2. How do you add both Linear and Logarithmic Potentiometers to a circuit in Circuit Wizard?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Visualy (in a schematic), can you distinguish a Linear Potentiometer from a Logarithmic Potentiometer?

Generally not. Both types of potentiometer have the same behavior in a circuit, and are represented by the same symbol. As such, there's no need to make a distinction in a circuit simulator.

If you want to annotate a schematic to make it clear that a specific potentiometer should have a logarithmic taper, write the abbreviation "log" close to it.