name

Specifies the global option value to display. You can select from the following list:

• Import Options
• Export Options
• Library Options
• Select Options
• Deselect Options
• Distribute Options
• Sort Options

string

Returns the value of the specified option.

ExtractShapeLimit

Returns the limit set for the number of shapes to be extracted in the given design. The default value is 10000. To increase the limit, use this option with the absSetOption function.

ExcludePurposeList purpose_names

Returns the names of purposes that are to be ignored when a layer name without a qualifying purpose name is specified in the geometry specifications in the Pin, Extract, and Abstract steps.

ExtractPurposeList purpose_names

Returns the names of the purposes that are extracted when a layer name without a qualifying purpose name is specified in the geometry specifications in the Extract step during signal extraction, power extraction, and extraction for antenna calculation.

Example:

absGetOption( "ExtractPurposeList" "drawing net pin")

UseConstraintGroup constraintgroup_name

Returns the name of the technology database constraint group that Abstract Generator uses to get information such as valid vias and valid routing layers.