From

This section displays the information of the source library

Library

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

Cell    

Displays the name of the cell from which you want to copy a view. Defaults to the selected cell.

View

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

To

This section displays the information of the destination library

Library

    Displays the library to which the specified files are copied.

Cell    

Displays the cell to which the specified view is copied.

View

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

Options    

This section lets you manage the copy mechanism in your design.

Copy Hierarchical    

Copies all referenced views in your design to the destination cellview.

Skip Libraries    

Prevents views 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    

Lets you choose one of the following options from the list box.

Of Entire Library

Overwrites instances of the old (library, cell, and view) name with the new name. For example, all instances of …/oldLib/oldCell/oldView are renamed to …/newLib/newCell/newView.

Of New Copies Only

Overwrites only the view references you copied from the original library. For example, only view instances of …/oldCell/oldView are renamed to …/newCell/newView.

Database Integrity

Updates and validates technology data after the view 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. Warnings, if any, are displayed in the CIW output.

Add To Category    

Specifies a new or existing category name to which to add the set of copied cells according to the filter string you type in the Cells field (by default, * to indicate all copied cells).