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

Specifying LPP and Pin Layers in Push Into Blocks

To specify LPP and Pin Layers in Push Into Blocks:

  1. Choose FloorplanSoft Block UpdatePush Into Blocks. The Push Into Blocks form appears.
    In Layout EXL and higher tiers, choose Plan – Block Planning – Push Into Blocks.
  2. Select the required soft block instances if soft blocks were not selected before invoking the form.
  3. Edit the Target Lib, Target Cell, and Target View values directly in the table as per your requirement.
  4. In the LPP Filter section, specify the layers that can be pushed into soft blocks.
  5. Click Define to display the LPP Selection dialog box. By default, all LPPs are selected.
  6. De-select the LPPs in which shapes are not to be pushed.
  7. Close the LPP Selection dialog box.
  8. Click Sync with Palette to filter LPPs based on their selectability settings in the Palette assistant. Only the LPPs that are selectable in the Palette assistant are selected.
  9. In the Create Pin Layer Selection section, select Same LPP to specify that pins are to be created on the same layers and purposes as the source pin shapes.
  10. Select Custom Purpose to create pins on the same layers as the source pin shapes and allows you to specify the purpose.
  11. Select Custom LPP to specify the layer and purpose on which pins are to be created.
  12. Click OK.

The top-level power structures are pushed to the block level.

Related Topics

Push Into Blocks Form

Pushing Top-level Power Structures into Soft Blocks

Modifying Target View Names


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