Update

Specifies the update details.

Auto Update

Updates the configuration automatically every time you make a change. If this option is selected, you do not have to click the Update icon in the toolbar or choose View – Update to recompute the hierarchy or view your changes.

On update query and / or save modified cellviews

Check this option to display the updateSync form. Unchecking this option means that this form is not displayed when an update is performed.

updateSync is only required when you want to synchronize changes to the configuration with an external process.

Properties

Specifies the property details.

Properties are inheritable by default

Sets the properties that are not inherited down the hierarchy.

Display

Specifies the display details.

Auto resize columns to fit

Resizes the columns. If a window is reduced in size, a scrollbar is added. By default, columns are auto-resized to fit the window.Highlights instances in expanded tree nodes.

Broadcast multiple selections

Broadcasts all the selected items to the Virtuoso Schematic Editor. By default, only single selections are broadcast. For example, if the top cell schematic is opened “in-context”, and multiple instances are selected in the Hierarchy Editor, then only the last selection is cross-selected in the schematic.

Evaluate Pcells

Performs the Pcell evaluation. Choosing to enable Pcell evaluation instructs the Hierarchy Editor to perform a more complete elaboration of the design hierarchy.

ADE

Specifies the ADE details.

Set simulator to AMS when launching ADE

Sets the simulator to AMS. If not selected, HED does not change the simulator and the current ADE startup simulator .cdsenv value gets considered.

hed.ade setAmsSimulator   boolean   t/nil

If t (default) is specified, the simulator value is set to "ams".

If nil is specified, the simulator value does not get modified by HED and selects the value based on the ADE startup simulator .cdsenv value.

Defaults

Resets the values to their defaults.