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

targetPinSide

layoutXL.floorplan targetPinSide string "list_of_target_sides"

Description

Specifies the sides of the blocks and the PR boundary on which the pins should be placed. The valid values are left, right, top, and bottom. By default all the four sides are considered. You can also specify a combination of one or more sides.

list_of_target_sides is a list of target sides for placing the pins. The list must be enclosed in quotation marks; for example:

"top bottom right left"

GUI Equivalent

Command:

Floorplan – Pin Optimization

Plan – Pin Planning – Pin Optimization (Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL)

Field:

Side: left, right, top, bottom

Examples

envGetVal("layoutXL.floorplan" "targetPinSide")
envSetVal("layoutXL.floorplan" "targetPinSide" 'string "left top")
envSetVal("layoutXL.floorplan" "targetPinSide" 'string "right")

Related Topics

Pin Optimization

Pin Placement Form


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