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Virtuoso Layout Suite SKILL Reference
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

vreRunAssistedRouter

vreRunAssistedRouter(
d_cvid
S_rStyle
S_rName
)
=> t / nil

Description

Runs assisted routing for the specified scope using the options specified in the Routing Assistant or set using vreSetOption based on the given routing style and router.

Arguments

d_cvid

Database ID of the cellview on which assisted routing is to be run. The database ID can be obtained using the geGetEditCellView SKILL function. The default value is the cellview of the current window.

S_rStyle

Specifies the routing style, which can be either device, stdCell, or chip.

S_rName

Specifies the router name, which can be either gbr, nr, or vcr.

Value Returned

t

Routing was run successfully.

nil

Routing was unsuccessful.

Examples

The following example runs the assisted router using the standard cell style routing based on the options set in the Routing Assistant.

cv = geGetEditCellView()
vreRunAssistedRouter(cv "device" "gbr")

The following example sets three options in batch mode before running the device-level routing style:

cv = geGetEditCellView()
handle = vreGetHandle(cv 'device 'gbr)
vreSetOptions(handle '(nil route_nets "All" route_netsWithin "PR boundary" route_routedLoc "Current cellview"))
vreRunAssistedRouter(cv 'device 'gbr)

Related Topics

Virtuoso Automated Placement and Routing SKILL Functions


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