Product Documentation

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

Contents

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Introduction to Design Intent

Virtuoso Design Intent Flow

Benefits of Using Design Intent

Design Intent Interaction Between Schematics XL and Layout XL

Design Intent Workspace

Design Intent Toolbar

Navigator Interaction with Design Intent

Interacting with Design Intent on the Canvas

Context-Sensitive Menu Options on Canvas

Design Intent Annotations

Design Intent Syncing

Design Intents in the Constraint Manager

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Design Intent Creation

Creating a Design Intent in Schematics XL

Creating a HighCurrent Design Intent

Creating a HighCurrent Design Intent for Multiple-bit Instances

Creating a MaxVoltageDrop Design Intent

Creating a Cell Design Intent for a Cellview

Creating a Device Design Intent for Half Cells

Creating a Design Intent in Layout XL

Creating a Design Intent in the Constraint Manager

Design Intent Synchronization

Update Verification Before Syncing a Design Intent

Schematic and Layout View Synchronization

Syncing Design Intents

Editing a Design Intent

Editing a Design Intent in Schematics XL

Editing a Design Intent in Layout XL

Adding a Physical Constraint to an Existing Design Intent

Reviewing and Editing a Design Intent Created in Layout XL

Adding Objects to a Design Intent

Copying and Renaming Objects with Design Intents

Removing Objects from Design Intents

Deleting a Design Intent

Deleting Design Intent on Objects

Deleting All Design Intent in Cellview

Design Intent Report

Running Design Intent Reports

Signing off Design Intent Reports

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Design Intent Forms

Sections in the Create/Edit Design Intent Form

Create Design Intent Form

Edit Design Intent Form

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Design Intent Environment Variables

diComplyKirchhoffLaw

diNoteFontHeight

diPinInfoBalloonCellDI

diPropDefaultScopes

diPropScopesFilter

diShowAnnotations

diShowLayoutGlyphs

diShowLayoutHalos

diShowSchematicGlyphs

diShowSchematicHalos

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Property Profiles

Profile Properties Syntax

Modifying Sample Profiles and Property Definitions

Profile Property Scopes

Defining Scopes for Profile Properties

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