Performing a Single Instance Pin Check

To perform pin checking on a single instance, in the Tree View of the Virtuoso Hierarchy Editor window,

• Right-click the instance and select Pin Check Instance from the context-sensitive menu.

After pin checking is successfully completed without any error or warning on the selected instance, the successful pin check message is displayed in CIW.

If there is any error or warning in the design, the unsuccessful pin check message is displayed in CIW and the Pin Check log file is displayed.

Additionally, you can perform pin checking on a particular instance of the selected cell. To do this, you need to perform the following steps:

1. Open the Instance Bindings section in the Tree View by selecting View – Instance Table from the Virtuoso Hierarchy Editor window.The Instance Bindings section is displayed in the Table View that lists all the instances of the cell, which is selected in the Cell Bindings section.
2. To perform pin checking on a single instance of the selected cell, right-click the instance in the Instance Bindings section and select Pin Check Instance from the context-sensitive menu.

Related Topics

Log Files Creation