Design Partitions

Displays the details of the currently defined or newly added design partitions.

Click on a design partition to select it and then perform additional tasks related to it. To deselect a design partition, either click in an empty area or Ctrl+click on the selected design partition.

Selecting a design partition highlights the attached areas, highlight the bounding box of attached objects, and probe the attached nets in the Navigator. This helps in identifying attached objects.

Name

Specifies the name of the design partition.

Areas

Summarizes the number of areas attached to the design partition.

Layers

Displays the top and bottom layer range for each design partition.

Objects

Summarizes the number of objects attached to the design partition. The count also includes invisible objects.

This column is available only when an object-based partition exists or if cleEnableAdvPartitionType is set to t.

Nets

Summarizes the number of nets attached to the design partition.

This column is available only when an net-based partition exists or if cleEnableAdvPartitionType is set to t.

Status

Specifies the current status of the design partition. Valid values are Created, Not Submitted, Submitted, Reuse, Merged, Defined, Reset, and Rejected.

The status, Reuse, is used for retired design partitions that can be used create new design partitions.

Library

Specifies the name of library of the design partition view.

Cell

Specifies the cell name of the design partition view.

Design Partition View

Specifies the view name of the design partition view.

Partition Name

Displays the name for the selected design partition. You can also type in a different name.

Add

Adds a default design partition named with the value specified in Partition Name. When the design partition is selected, you can change the value in Partition Name and then click Update to apply the change.

Update

Updates the selected design partition view with a new name specified in Partition Name, or updates the changes made to area boundaries.

Delete

Removes the selected design partition and all associated design partition views in the hierarchy. When you select this option, a message is displayed to confirm the deletion of the listed top and hierarchical design partition views. An indicator (*) is used to identify the design partition views with unmerged changes. Changes in these design partition views are lost if you continue to delete the design partition.

Areas

Creates new area boundaries and attach or detach selected area boundaries from the selected design partition.

New

Creates a new area partition in the canvas.

Attach

Attaches preselected area boundaries on the canvas. You can also click the Attach button and then select area boundaries on the canvas to attach. For further assistance, press F3 to display the Attach / Detach Areas form.

Detach

Detaches preselected area boundaries on canvas. You can also click the Detach button and then select area boundaries on the canvas to detach. For further assistance, press F3 to display the Attach / Detach Areas form.

Layers

Specifies the range of layers to be included in a design partition. You can use the drop-down lists to specify the top and bottom layers.

All

Selects all layers in the selected area. This is selected by default.

Layers Preview

Displays the Partition Layers form. This form lets you select the layers you want to keep in the design partition. You can also use this from to import other visible layers from the Palette.

Objects

Lets you select objects to attach or detach from the selected design partition.

Attach

Attaches preselected objects on canvas. You can also click the Attach button and then select objects on the canvas to attach. For further assistance, press F3 to display the Attach / Detach Areas form.

Detach

Detaches preselected objects on canvas. You can also click the Detach button and then select objects on the canvas to detach. For further assistance, press F3 to display the Attach / Detach Areas form.

Select

Selects objects to perform additional tasks, such as Fit to Selected.

Here, objects are not limited to shapes and instances. They can also be a container, such as a figure group or a route. The partition can be adjusted at any time. However, a modified object is locked to its partition until the change is merged with the top design.

Nets

Selects nets to attach or detach from the selected design partition.

Attach

Attaches preselected nets from the Navigator. You can also click the Attach button and then select nets from the Navigator to attach. For further assistance, press F3 to display the Attach / Detach Areas form.

Detach

Detaches preselected nets from the Navigator. You can also click the Detach button and then select nets from the Navigator to detach. For further assistance, press F3 to display the Attach / Detach Nets form.

Select

Selects objects to perform additional tasks, such as Fit to Selected. For further assistance, press F3 to display the Select Net form.

Split Crossing Objects

Splits path segments automatically when a design partition view is created. This option is selected by default.

Select the button next to this option to display the Split Crossing Objects Options form that lets you specify how objects that are part of multiple design partitions are split across design partitions.