Contents

1

Auto Device Placement and Routing Quick Help

Automated Placement and Routing Quick Help

2

How to initialize a layout?

Recommended Topics: 

How to generate objects in the layout canvas?

What does the option ‘Update PCell Parameters’ in the Initialize step do?

3

Generating Groups, Constraints, and Grids

How to generate a placement grid?

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How to create a row region using an existing row template?

How to generate WSPs in a row region?

How to import a WSP pattern from an existing WSP pattern file?

How to generate constraints?

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How to set constraint options in the Auto P&R assistant?

How to edit Modgens in the Auto P&R assistant?

What are the supported circuit finders?

4

Placing Devices

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How do I run the automatic placer?

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How do I run the device-level interactive placer?

How can I control the direction in which devices are placed when they are moved?

How do I group devices?

How do I specify whether devices must be stacked vertically or spread horizontally?

5

Adding Device Fill

How to generate device fill?

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How to generate dummy fill?

How to generate poly fill?

What to do if device fill are not generated correctly?

What to do if poly fill not generated properly?

6

What are the prerequisites for using the Auto P&R assistant?