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Virtuoso Design Intent User Guide
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

Modifying Sample Profiles and Property Definitions

The sample profiles and their properties are supplied as a base for your Virtuoso system administrator to create new profiles and adapt the definitions of their properties to meet the specific requirements of a design or team.

Before creating or amending design intent profiles, the schematic and layout designers must agree on the type of information to be shared within a design intent profile.
When creating or defining property profiles based on the supplied master file diPropGroupDefs.il, be aware that the property definitions supplied with the profiles Current and Voltage, are specifically designed for the design intent categories, HighCurrent and MaxVoltageDrop, respectively. They are supplied with defined properties specific to the expected function of that profile and must not be edited or overridden.

To amend the property group definitions file:

  1. In an editor, open the Design Intent Property Group Definitions file, diPropGroupDefs.il.
  2. Copy and paste one of the supplied default profiles including its DPL properties.
  3. Referring to Profile Properties Syntax, in 'name, give the new profile a unique name. For example, replace 'name "GroupName" with 'name "New Profile 1".
  4. In 'category specify a object type for the new profile.
  5. In 'toolTip enter a description for the new profile. This displays when you hover over the new profile’s name on the Create Design Intent form.
  6. For each property required for the new profile, either create a new property or replace one of the existing properties that was copied, by carrying out the following:
    1. In 'name, enter a "PropertyName". This must be a unique name for the property.
    2. Specify a 'type. The options are bool, string, int, float, enum, current, or voltage.
      • If enum is selected, list the type values in 'items.
      • If integer or float is selected, specify minimum and maximum values for the property in 'range.
    3. In defValue, specify a default value for the property.
  7. Repeat Step 6 for each property to be added to the profile.
  8. Remove any properties not required by the profile.
  9. Comment out any sample text provided so it is not displayed on the Create Design Intent form.
  10. Repeat Steps 2 to 9 for any additional profiles required.
  11. Do not delete or change any of the supplied default profiles or properties. Comment out any of the supplied profiles or their properties that are not required.
  12. Save the file. A copy of the master file including the profile changes is automatically created, diPropGroupDefs.il. and saved to the.cadence directory or the directory defined by the Cadence Setup Search File mechanism (CSF) (setup.loc). Subsequent changes to the profiles override this copy, not the master file.

The new or amended profiles are available from the Profile drop-down list on the Create Design Intent and Edit Design Intent forms.

Related topics

Property Profiles

Profile Properties Syntax

Profile Property Scopes

Cadence Application Infrastructure User Guide

Create Design Intent Form

Edit Design Intent Form


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