Editing Configurations in Hierarchy Editor

This section provides an overview of how to edit a configuration.

You cannot edit sub-configurations—a sub-configuration is a configuration that is contained within a configuration. To edit a sub-configuration, you must open it separately as a configuration in the Hierarchy Editor. For more information about sub-configurations, see Hierarchy Editor Sub-Configurations.

To edit a configuration using the Hierarchy Editor,

1. Open the configuration.
2. Edit any of the following:
   • In the Top Cell section, you can change the top cellview of the configuration by editing the library name, cell name, or view name.
   • In the Global Bindings section, you can edit the library list, view list, stop list, and constraint list. Separate the entries in the lists with spaces.
   
   The view list that applies to the root cellview of the design cannot be edited. In the Cell Bindings table, the root cellview is identified with a green pyramid in the Info column.
   • Edit the Cell Bindings and Instance Bindings sections.
3. Choose View – Update to see the results of your changes in the Cell Bindings or Instance Bindings tables.
   If you selected the Automatic Update option in the Options form, this step is not required because your configuration is automatically updated.
4. Click File – Save or press Control-s.
   Other Cadence software tools cannot access new or changed configuration files until they have been saved.

Related topics

Design Components in Hierarchy Editor

Virtuoso Hierarchy Editor Editing Form

Changing the Views in the View Choices List Box

Wildcards in a View List

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