Wildcards in a View List

You can use the asterisk character (*) as a wildcard in any view list—global or inherited. Use the following format to specify a wildcard in a view list:

[viewName ...] *

For example:

*

schematic *

schematic vhdl *

You cannot use * as part of a view name. For example, you cannot have ns* or n*s as a view in the view list.

The * wildcard matches any view in the cell directory. If there is more than one view, then the view that was most recently modified is picked. To determine the most recently modified view, the Hierarchy Editor compares the timestamps of the master files of each view. (The master file is the file that the master.tag file for the view points to.)

Any changes in a view that do not change the master file are not considered. For example, in the AMS Designer flow, properties associated with a cellview can change without affecting the timestamp of the master file of the view.

For example:

View list	View
*	The most recently modified view
schematic *	The schematic view; if the schematic view does not exist, the most recently modified view
schematic vhdl *	The schematic view; if the schematic view does not exist, the vhdl view; if the vhdl view does not exist, the most recently modified view

Related Topics

Changing the Views in the View Choices List Box

Library Scoped Views in a View List

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