Setting Options for Custom Layout Design Migration

The Auto P&R assistant supports the assisted flow of the Virtuoso^® Custom Design Migration solution. In Layout MXL, the following tabs of the Auto P&R assistant include an additional Migration Options section:

• Initialize tab: Captures design placement data, for example, the PR boundary, pins, instances, and routing shapes, from a source layout and applies the captured data to a target layout.
• Constraints tab: Captures groupings from a source layout and applies the captured data to a target layout.

To capture source data and apply it to a target layout:

1. Open the source layout in Layout MXL.
2. Open the Auto_Place_Route workspace.
3. In the Migration Options section of the Initialize tab of the Auto P&R assistant, specify a Migration Directory. The captured source data is stored in this directory.
   By default, the value is set to the current working directory in the format "/migrate_reuse_<libName>".
   
   
4. Click the Capture Placement from Layout button to capture data from the source layout.
5. Select Apply Placement to Layout to apply the captured placement data to a target layout.
6. Select the required settings to be applied to the target layout — Instances, Pins, Boundary, and Constraints.
7. Click the Ellipses button and select the target layout.
   
   
8. Click to apply the captured data to the target layout and initialize the design.
9. Open the Constraints tab.
   
   
   By default, Directory is set to the same as Migration Directory on the Initialize tab. If you make any changes, the value is automatically reset.
10. Click Highlight Groupings In Layout to display the Highlight Extract Group form.
    
    
11. Select the groupings to be highlighted in the source layout. The groupings are highlighted in the design canvas.
12. Click Close to close the form.
13. Click the Capture Templates from Layout Groups button to capture groupings from source layout.
14. Click the Apply Source Templates to Layout Groups button. The Default Reuse Template Specification form appears.
    
    
15. By default, the Template Root Directory is the same as the directory in which the template was initially captured.
16. Select the view from which the groupings were captured.
17. Click OK.

Related Topics

Auto P&R Assistant User Interface for Device-Level Placement

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