Highlight

This section lets you specify the objects that are highlighted when a net is selected or probed.

Pins

Specifies that the pins on probed nets are highlighted.

Environment variable: probeNetDisplayCheckPins

Instances

Specifies that the instances on probed nets are highlighted.

Environment variable: probeNetDisplayCheckInstance

Visible Shapes Only

Specifies that shapes, pins, and vias on the visible layers are highlighted.

Environment variable: probeVisibleLpp

FlightLines

Enables you to choose one of the following settings for flight lines:

• Physical: Specifies that all shapes on the probed net are highlighted.
• Logical: Specifies that segments linking all pins on the probed net are highlighted.

Note: Flight lines are visible in VLS XL and higher tiers.

Environment variable: probeNetDisplayFlightLines

From Selected Objects (Pins, Instances, Shapes)

Specifies that the nets associated with probed or selected pins, instances, and shapes are highlighted.

Environment variables: probeTermDisplayRadio, probeInstDisplayRadio, probeShapeDisplay

Hierarchy Depth

Specifies the hierarchy level you want to display for net probing.

Environment variable: probeNetDisplayHierarchyLevel

Dynamic Highlight

Specifies that any object over which the pointer hovers is probed.

Environment variable: dynamicProbe

Drawing Mode

Enables you to choose the drawing mode for the next probe.

• True Color and Highlight Color: Specifies the probed shapes to be redrawn with their layer-purpose pair (LPP) and the highlight color.
• Highlight Color Only: Specifies the probed shapes to be redrawn only with the LPP chosen from Highlight Color list.
• True Color Only: Specifies the probed shapes to be redrawn only with their LPP. The drawing mode with True Color enables you to visualize the different layers of the connected shapes in the cellview.

Environment variable: trueColorProbe

Note: To highlight probed nets, it is recommended that display dimming is enabled. When the drawing mode is True Color and Highlight Color or True Color Only, the Enable Dimming option on the Display Options form is selected automatically. However, you can deselect the Enable Dimming option.

Highlight Color

Shows the highlight drawing layers to be used on the next probe that will be drawn. You can choose Cyclic or select an LPP.

Environment variable: probeHighlight

Name Filtering

This section lets you selectively display or hide the probes only for the specified list of nets.

Filter net names

Lets you enable or disable probe filtering by net name.

Environment variable: probeNetNameFilterByName

Filter Mode

Lets you show or hide the probes for specified nets.

Environment variable: probeNetNameFilterByNameMode

Net Names

Lets you specify multiple net names and add them to the list. The net names should be separated by a space. This is a case-sensitive field.

Environment variable: probeNetNameFilterByNameDefaultList

Add To List

Lets you add to the list the net names that you specified in Net Names.

Remove From List

Removes the selected net names from an already existing list.

Remove All

Removes all net names from the list.

Add Selected Nets

Lets you add nets to the list by selecting the nets in the Navigator assistant or from the layout canvas.

Save To Cellview

Lets you save the current filtering options to the cellview.

This option is available only when the current cellview is editable.

Load From Cellview

Lets you load the saved filtering options of the cellview in a different window.

Delete From Cellview

Lets you delete the saved filtering options from the cellview