Product Documentation
Dracula Graphical User Interface Reference
Product Version IC23.1, Septembee 2023


Index

A

active layers

C

CDL Run directory
cells
displaying text labels
dummy
CELLTABLE.HTV file
Clear Text Labels command
colors
changing
for error flags
commands
Clear Text Labels command
Display Options command
Display Text Labels command
DRC menu
Clear Text Labels command
Display Options command
Display Text Labels command
Get Reference Window command
Hierarchical Cell command
Select Error Files command
Setup command
Error Status command
Explain by Cursor command
Fit Visible Error command
Fix by Cursor command
Get Reference Window command ,
Hide Fixed Error Count command
Hierarchical Cell command
LPE menu
Clear Text Labels command
Display Text Labels command
Get Reference Window command
Hierarchical Cell command
Open Netlist Window command
Setup command
Show Discrepancy Report command
Show Network Hierarchy command
Text File Handling command
View LVS command
View Parasitic command
LVS menu
Clear Text Labels command
Display Text Labels command
Explain command
Fit command , ,
Get Reference Window command
Hierarchical Cell command
Highlight command
Open Netlist Window command
Setup command
Show Discrepancy Report command
Show Network Hierarchy command
Text File Handling command
View LVS command
Maximum Error Display command
Open Netlist Window command
Reset All command
Reset Fixed command
Reset Viewed command
Show Discrepancy Report command
Show Fixed Error Count command
Show Network Hierarchy command
Show Selected Rules command
Skip n Errors command
Text File Handling command
UnFix by Cursor command
View Fixed Errors command
View LVS command
View Parasitic command
View UnFixed Errors command
comments
generating file
in DRC error files
conventions, menu commands
Create Dummy InQuery Cell form
Create menu
creating a comment file
creating a dummy cell
cycling through DRC errors

D

Design menu
See DRC
devices
displaying information
displaying numbers
explaining LVS errors
highlighting
display layers
Display Options command
Display Text Labels command
displaying
comments
device information
device numbers
Dracula layers
DRC error information
DRC error layers
DRC error status
DRC errors
error flags
Hcells
hierarchy
highest parasitic RC nets
highlighted nets/devices in schematic
listing parasitic components
LVS discrepancy report
net information
net numbers
net or device layers
parasitic RC
reference window ,
RLW
text labels
Dracula GUI
starting
Dracula Layers Window (DLW)
DRC
comments in error files
errors
comments in error files
cycling through
display options
displaying
explaining
fitting on screen (zoom)
highlighting
increasing maximum number displayed
saving and restoring
saving DRC error status
selecting files
status ,
viewing
visibility
menu. See also commands, DRC menu 31
window display size
drc.comment file
dummy cell

E

Edit menu
editing
layers, colors, and stipples
the CELLTABLE.HTV file
Error Status command
errors
colors for flags
comments in DRC error files
cycling through
displaying DRC
displaying flags
DRC display options
DRC error status
fitting on screen
highlighting DRC
increasing maximum DRC displayed
restoring status
saving and restoring
stipple patterns
visibility
Explain
by Cursor command
DRC errors ,
how to use
LPE output
LVS errors
window

F

files
CELLTABLE.HTV
drc.comment
generate drc.comment
iqDRC.Status
selecting DRC error files
TARGET.DAT
text labels
fill patterns
Fit command , ,
Fit Visible Error command
Fix by Cursor command
forms
Aux Command 1
Create Dummy InQuery Cell
Display Text
Dracula Layer
DRC Error Query Status
DRC Options
DRC Setup
Edit Display
Handle Hcells
Hilite LVS Error Types
LPE Setup
LVS Setup
Open Netlist Window
RCV
Reset Viewed Errors
Select DRC Error Files
Set LVS Visibility for Connectivity and Device Layers
Show Discrepancy Report
Unfix Errors
View LVS

G

generating comment files
Get Reference Window command ,

H

HDRC errors
Hide Fixed Error Count command
hierarchical cell browser
Hierarchical Cell command
hierarchy, displaying in LVS
Highlight command
highlighting
DRC errors
LVS errors
nets and devices
options
parasitic capacitance
parasitic RC
parasitic resistance
removing ,

I

inactive layers
InQuery
prerequisites
what it can do
windows
iqCreateDummyCell
iqDRC.Status file

L

layers
active/inactive
displaying Dracula layers
displaying for net or device
editing colors and stipples
visibility
See LVS
locating shorts
LPE
displaying highest parasitic RC nets
highlighting parasitic capacitance
highlighting parasitic resistance
listing nets in a text file
menu. See also commands, LPE menu 106
LVS
displaying circuit hierarchy
displaying discrepancy reports
explaining errors
highlighting devices
highlighting nets
menu. See also commands, LVS menu 69
netlist location
showing last displayed net/device/error , ,

M

Maximum Error Display command
menu commands, selection conventions
menus
Create
Design
DRC
Edit
grayed out
LVS
Misc
Verify
Window
Misc menu

N

netlists, opening new LVS window
nets
displaying information
displaying numbers
explaining LVS errors
highlighting
parasitic capacitance
parasitic resistance
target
NoPass

O

Open Netlist Window command
opening a netlist window

P

parasitics
how to view
View Parasitic command
Pass
paths
defining for Dracula DRC
defining for Dracula LPE
defining for Dracula LVS
patterns, stipple
prerequisites, InQuery

R

RC parasitics
RCV window
Reference window
Reset All command
Reset Fixed command
Reset Viewed command
restoring error status from previous analysis
Rules Layer Window (RLW)

S

saving and restoring DRC errors
Schematic Cross Display
Select Error Files command
Setup command
DRC menu
LPE menu
LVS menu
Short Locator
Show Discrepancy Report command
Show Fixed Error Count command
Show Network Hierarchy command
Show Selected Rules command
SKILL function
iqCreateDummyCell
Skip n Errors command
starting
Dracula GUI
stipple patterns

T

target nets
TARGET.DAT file
Text File Handling command
text labels
displaying
removing

U

UnFix by Cursor command

V

Verify menu
View DRC Error window
View Fixed Errors command
View LVS command
View Parasitic command
View UnFixed Errors command
visibility, layers

W

window display size
Window menu
windows
Dracula Layers Window (DLW)
Explain window
InQuery
design window
summary
netlist
RCV window
Reference window
Rules Layer Window (RLW)
View DRC Error window

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