MPT Support

Lets you draw shapes, wires, and pins with layer, color, and lock state information. When you enable MPT Support, the MPT check box on the Scope toolbar and the C (Color) column are displayed in the Layers panel. This displays all layer-purpose pairs with color, grouped by their master layer-purpose pair.

Synchronize/Desynchronize Window

Lets you toggle between synchronized and desynchronized modes of Palette assistants across layout windows. When two Palette assistants are synchronized, changes made in one palette are reflected in the other.

This command works in the same manner as the Synchronize/Desynchronize button available on the Window Context toolbar.

SKILL Function: pteSetWindowSynchro

Context

Shows the name of the display context of the Palette. By default, it is the name of the technology file.

Layer Set

Lets you manage layer sets. The Layer Set submenu includes the following commands:

• Save: Saves the changes made to a layer set file. The Save command is disabled when the All Layers layer set is selected because All Layers is a system-generated layer set and cannot be modified.
  SKILL function: pteSaveLayerSet
• Save As: Saves the layer set as a <layersetname>.layerSet file in the specified layer set repository. The newly created layer set is automatically set as active and is displayed on the Layer Set and Layer Set Manager toolbars.
  SKILL functions: pteSaveAsLayerSet, pteSaveAsSynchronizedLayerSet
• Reload: Reloads the layer set that is currently in use. After making changes to the layer attributes, you can use the reload operation to re-synchronize the layer, object, and grid items.
  The visibility and selectability status of layer, object, and grid items are also re-synchronized if the Layer Set Activation field is set to Filter and apply visibility,selectability in the Options form.
  SKILL function: pteReloadLayerSet
• Delete: Deletes a layer set from the Layers panel as well as from the layer set repository.
  SKILL function: pteDeleteLayerSet

• Import: Imports a layer set file from the file system to the layer set repository. The imported layer set is added to the Layer Set list in the Layers panel.
  SKILL function: pteImportLayerSet
• Export: Helps save a layer set that exists in the layer set repository to the file system.
  SKILL function: pteExportLayerSet
• Save Layer Set List: Saves the layer set order and status in the layerset.order file in the .cadence directory at the specified location. This option displays the Save Layer Set List form, where you can select the location from the Layer Set repository list. When you start a new Virtuoso session, the layerset.order file is loaded automatically based on the order of precedence defined in the setup.loc file.
  SKILL function: pteSaveLayerSetListInRepository

Edit Valid Layers

Displays the m (Membership) and v (Validity) columns in the Layers panel.

SKILL functions: pteEditLayerSetValidity, pteCloseLayerSetEdition

Edit Layer Set Members

Displays the m (Membership) column in the Layers panel.

SKILL functions: pteEditLayerSet, pteCloseLayerSetEdition

Discard Edit

Discard all changes made to the membership and validity status of layer-purpose pairs during the current layer set editing session.

SKILL function: pteDiscardLayerSetEdition

Edit Display Resources

Displays the Display Resource Editor form, where you can modify the appearance of the icon that is displayed for a layer in the Swatch column in the Layers panel.

Load

Lets you update the current display context with information from one of the following file types: LSW information file, technology file, or GDS number file.

SKILL functions: pteLoadLSWInfo, pteLoadFromTechFile, pteLoadGDSNumber

Save

Lets you save the current display context information to one of the following file types: LSW information file, technology file, or GDS number file.

SKILL functions: pteSaveLSWInfo, pteSaveToTechFile, pteSaveGDSNumber

Show Tools

Lets you display or hide the toolbars. You can display or hide all toolbars by using the Show All or Hide All commands, respectively.

The options available on the Show Tools submenu vary depending on the panel in which you invoke the menu.

Options

Displays the Options form, where you can define the local and global settings for the Palette assistant.

SKILL function: pteSetOptionString

Bindkeys

Opens the Bindkey Editor, which displays the list of default bindkeys, including the ones defined for Palette-related options. You can use the Bindkey Editor to modify existing bindkeys or to define new bindkeys.