Product Documentation
Virtuoso Concurrent Layout User Guide
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

Concurrent Layout Modes

The commands that are enabled in the Concurrent menu depend on the mode in which the design is open. These modes are the following:

The manager mode and designer mode commands in the Concurrent menu are described below.

Command

Description

Mode

Initialize

Initializes the design for concurrent editing or single user editing in safe mode.

Pre-Initialization

Define Design Partition

Displays the Define Design Partition Form form that lets you create and configure design partitions.

Manager

Merge

Displays the Merge Form form that lets you merge or reject design partition views that have been submitted to be merged with the top design.

Manager

Layout Configuration

Displays the Layout Configuration Form form that lets you load or unload layout configurations in design partition views.

Manager and Designer

Clear All Design Partitions

Displays the Clear All Design Partitions Form form that lets you remove the existing design partition views from the top design so that the design can be edited without using Concurrent Layout.

Manager

View Design Partition Definitions

Displays the View Design Partition Form form that lets you check design partition definitions.

Manager and Designer

Submit for Merge / Recall

Submits the updated design partition view for merge.

If you have submitted a design for merge, then you can use this command to recall the design and change the design status to Editing.

Designer

Reset Design Partition View

Clears all the edits in the design partition view. The status changes to either Created or Reset (if this design partition view was merged before). If the design partition status is Error, see the tooltips for the reason and you could fix it by resetting.

Designer

Import Peer Design Partition

Displays the Import Peer Design Partition Form form that lets you import updates made by a peer designer in your Design Partition view.

Designer

Options

Displays the Concurrent Layout Options Form form.

Manager and Designer

Related Topics

Concurrent Layout Editing in Manager Mode

Concurrent Layout Editing in Designer Mode

Concurrent Layout Editing for Hierarchical Designs


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