Product Documentation
Cadence Library Manager User Guide
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

Copy Cell Form

Use this form to copy cellviews to a new cell name.

Field Description

From

This section displays the information of the cellviews you want to copy.

Library

Displays the name of the library from which you want to copy. Defaults to the selected library.

Cell    

Displays the name of the cell you want to copy. Defaults to the selected cell.

To

This section displays the information of the cellviews to where it is copied.

Library    

Displays the library to which the library files are copied.

Cell    

Displays the new cell name to which the specified cell is copied.

Options

This section lets you control the copy process by specifying limits.

Copy Hierarchical    

Copies all referenced cells in your design to the destination library.

Skip Libraries    

Prevents cells in the specified reference libraries from being copied.

Edit    

Opens a list of libraries that you can select.

Exact hierarchy

Limits the search to the exact hierarchy of your design.

Views To Copy    

Copies only the specified views of the selected cell. All Views copies all views of the specified cell. For a hierarchical copy, the Copy command also copies all views of cells instantiated in the specified cell. Select opens a list of view types that you can select from.

Update Instances    

This section lets you update the views in the destination cell with the new cell name, when it is set to true.

Of Entire Library

Replaces the existing cell name with the new cell name.

Of New Copies Only    

Overwrites only the cellview references you copied from the original library.

Database Integrity    

This section updates and validates technology data after the cell is copied.

Re-reference customViaDefs    

Re-references customViaDefs to cellviews in the destination library.

Check existence in technology database    

Validates the existence of layers, purposes, viaDefs, and siteDefs in the technology database of the destination library.

Add To Category    

Specifies a new or existing category name to which to add the set of copied cells according to the filter string specified in the Cell field.

By default, the symbol (*) indicates all the copied cells.

Related Topics

Copying a Cell in the Library Manager


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