Moving Objects Using the Move Form

You can use the Move form to change the following:

• Layer of the object you select
• Angles at which you can move the object
• Presence of draglines on the object as you move it
• Orientation of the object you select

To move an object using the Move options form:

1. From the layout window menu bar, choose Edit – Move.
2. Press F3 to display the Move form.
3. To change the direction in which you can move an object, choose one of the options from the Snap Mode cyclic field: anyAngle, diagonal, orthogonal, L90XFirst, or L90YFirst.
4. To change the layer on which a shape is drawn, choose the new layer from the Change To Layer cyclic field. You can search for a specific layer-purpose pair using the search filter in the Change To Layer list box.
5. Choose Treat as absolute point to consider the points specified in Delta X,Y fields as absolute points.
6. To specify a distance to move the selected component, use the Delta X and Y fields.
   1. Type the distance to move in the horizontal direction into the X field.
   2. Type the distance to move in the vertical direction into the Y field.
   3. Click Apply to complete the move.
   
   To show draglines for an object you move, turn on Display draglines.
7. To keep chained devices together as you move them, expand the Connections section and select a Chain Mode. Choose from All, Selected, Selected Plus Left, or Selected Plus Right.
8. To snap the moved object to the nearest grid, expand the Snap section and select Pins and boundary to grid. The snapping behavior depends on the block type. For digital blocks, the place and route boundary is snapped to the placement grid and pins with placement status placed are snapped to the routing grid. For analog blocks, both place and route boundary and placed pins are snapped to the manufacturing grid. Pins with placement status unplaced, fixed, locked, or unknown are not snapped, even if they were touching the boundary before the move.
   1. Select Pins to boundary to automatically snap pins to the place and route boundary.
   2. Select Allow pin resizing to specify that the pin needs to be resized during pin snapping.
      Environment Variable: addlxStickyNetPropOnDummy
      The Allow Pin Resizing setting that you select in the Move form is applicable only for the current instance. For all other instances, the Allow Pin Resizing setting in the Floorplan Global Options form is considered as the default setting. Changes that you make to the Allow Pin Resizing setting in the Move form cannot overwrite the global setting.
9. To change the orientation of the object, click the button describing the transformation you want: Rotate, Sideways, or Upside Down.

Related Topics

Move Form

Changing the Appearance of Draglines

Snapping Soft Block Pins to Grid

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