Create Command

Degree of ROD Support

Rectangle... r

Create and name new rectangles as ROD objects using the Create Rectangle form.

Polygon... P

Create and name new polygons as ROD objects using the Create Polygon form.

Path... p

Create and name paths as ROD objects using the Create Path form.

Multipart Path...

Create and name new multipart paths as ROD objects using the Create Multipart Path form. This form lets you choose a template from your technology file, load templates from an ASCII file, and save form values as a template in your technology file (if you have write permission) or in an ASCII file.

Label... l

You cannot create a label as a ROD object. However, you can make an existing label a ROD object by assigning it a name with the rodNameShape function.

Instance... i

An instance is automatically a ROD object because it has a unique name. The ROD object name is the same as the instance name.

Pin... ^p

Create and name new pins as ROD objects using the Create Pin Shape form.

Pins From Labels...

You cannot create a pin from a label as a ROD object. However, you can make an existing pin a ROD object by assigning it a name with the rodNameShape function.

Circle

Circles are supported as ROD objects. However, there is no user interface for naming a circle; use the rodNameShape function.

Ellipse

Ellipses are supported as ROD objects. However, there is no user interface for naming an ellipse; use the rodNameShape function. An ellipse ROD object has only bounding box handles.

Donut

Donuts are supported as ROD objects. However, there is no user interface for naming a donut; use the rodNameShape function. A donut ROD object has only bounding box handles.

Layer Generation...

You cannot create a shape using a layer generation operation as a ROD object. However, you can make a generated shape a ROD object by assigning it a name with the rodNameShape function.

Edit Command

Degree of ROD Support

Undo u

The Undo command fully supports ROD objects.

Redo U

The Redo command fully supports ROD objects.

Move m

Moving ROD objects is supported as follows:

• You can move a ROD object within the same cellview or to another cellview.
• Within the same cellview, moving a ROD object that has other objects aligned to it causes the aligned objects to move as well.
• When you move a ROD object between cellviews, and the ROD object is aligned to another ROD object(s), the system preserves alignment only when the aligned ROD object(s) is also in the selected set; otherwise the alignment is broken.
• Avoid rotating aligned ROD objects during a move because the aligned handle names are not updated after the move, so the results might not be what you want.

Copy c

Copying ROD objects is supported as follows:

• You can copy a ROD object within the same cellview or to another cellview. The system automatically assigns unique names to the copies.
• Alignments between ROD objects in the selected set result in alignments between the corresponding copy objects.
• Alignments to objects not in the selected set are ignored.
• You can copy a whole multipart path (MPP) or a whole multipart rectangle (MPR), but not an individual subpart of an MPP or MPR.

Stretch s

The Stretch command fully supports ROD objects, including stretchable parameterized cells (Pcells).

Reshape R

Except for multipart paths and multipart rectangles, all reshapable ROD objects remain ROD objects after a Reshape operation.

When you reshape any ROD object, all alignments to that object are deleted.

Delete del

The Delete command fully supports ROD objects.

When you delete using the Net Interconnect option, all ROD objects on the selected net are deleted, except for pins. For multipart paths (MPP) and multipart rectangles (MPR), when the master path or master rectangle is on the selected net, the MPP or MPR and all subparts are deleted; otherwise, no part of the MPP or MPR is deleted.

When you delete a segment of an MPP with the Path Segment option, the remaining segments of the MPP become two separate multipart paths, each with its own name.

Properties... q

You can use the Edit Properties command for ROD objects to:

• View system-defined and user-defined handle names and handle values
• View alignments for the selected ROD object
• Modify the X and Y separation between the selected ROD object and other ROD objects.

Search... S

You can search for any ROD object by name, including rectangles, paths, polygons, and text display objects.

Merge M

Merge is not supported for ROD objects. When ROD objects are merged, the resulting shape is not a ROD object.

Select All ^a

The Select All command fully supports ROD objects.

Deselect All ^d

The Deselect All command fully supports ROD objects.

Hierarchy: Make Cell...

The Make Cell command fully supports ROD objects.

Flatten

The Flatten command fully supports ROD objects.

To preserve the attributes of ROD objects (such as object name, alignments, multipart path subparts, and master rectangles in multipart rectangles), turn on the Preserve ROD Objects button in the Flatten form. When this option is off, ROD objects become ordinary unnamed objects, the subparts of multipart paths become ordinary paths and rectangles, and the master rectangles in multipart rectangles become ordinary, unnamed rectangles.

The system assigns the flattened object a name based on the hierarchical name of the ROD object by replacing slashes with dashes. For example, when you flatten the ROD object I1/I4/rect3, the resulting object is named I1-I4-rect3.

Chop

Most shapes lose ROD attributes when they are chopped. For multipart paths, the effect of a chop depends on what parts are choppable and how you chop them. For details, see Chopping Multipart Paths.

When you chop the master rectangle of a multipart rectangle, all subrectangles are deleted and the shapes resulting from chopping the master rectangle are regular, unnamed database shapes.

When you chop any ROD object, all alignments to that object are deleted.

Modify Corner...

The Modify Corner command supports ROD polygons and ROD rectangles, except for master rectangles that are a part of a multipart rectangle.

Size...

The Size command supports ROD objects. However, when you size a multipart path (MPP), the master path becomes a ROD polygon and inherits its name from the original MPP; all subparts become ordinary, unnamed database shapes.

When you size any ROD object, all alignments to that object are deleted.

Split ^s

Except for ellipses, circles, donuts, multipart paths, and multipart rectangles, ROD objects remain ROD objects after a split operation.

When you split any ROD object, all alignments to that object are deleted.

Attach/Detach v

The Attach/Detach commands fully support ROD objects.

Convert To Polygon

The Convert To Polygon command fully supports ROD objects, except for rectangles and multipart rectangles. The Convert To Polygon command has no affect on rectangles and multipart rectangles.

When you convert a multipart path, the polygon resulting from the master path is a ROD object and takes the name of the multipart path. Subparts, if any, become unnamed, ordinary database shapes (paths and rectangles). Subparts are not converted to polygons.

When you convert any ROD object (except rectangles and multipart rectangles) to a polygon, all alignments to the converted object are deleted.

Move Origin

The Move Origin command fully supports ROD objects.

Rotate... O

With the exception of multipart rectangles the Rotate command supports the rotation of ROD objects, unless there are alignments. Avoid rotating aligned ROD objects because aligned handle names are not updated after the rotation, so the results might not be what you want.

For multipart rectangles with subrectangles offset from the master rectangle corners, avoid rotation unless the offsets are all equal. The Rotate command does not rotate these offsets.

Yank y

The Yank command does not support ROD objects. The Yank command copies only the shapes, but not the names of the shapes or the alignments. When you paste, the result is unnamed, unaligned, non-ROD shapes.

Paste Y

The Paste command does not support ROD objects. If you yank and paste ROD objects, the result is unnamed, unaligned, non-ROD shapes.