Launching Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL

To manually launch Layout EXL, do one of the following:

• From a Schematics XL or Layout XL window, choose Launch – Layout EXL.
  
  
• Use the Open File form from a Schematics XL or Layout XL window and choose Layout EXL from the Open with drop-down list.
  
  

Opening a design in Layout EXL automatically checks out a Virtuoso_Layout_Suite_EXL license, which remains checked out until either:

• All the layout windows in the Virtuoso session are closed. (The license remains checked out regardless of whether any of the open layout windows are using EXL features or not.)
• The Virtuoso session itself is ended.

You cannot open a design containing Layout EXL data in Layout XL. You can, however, view a Layout EXL design using the Layout Viewer application.

Related Topics

Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL Features and Flows

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