Selecting Objects Using the Dynamic Selection Assistant

To use the Dynamic Selection assistant:

1. From the layout window menu bar, choose Windows – Assistants – Dynamic Selection.
2. On the canvas, hover the mouse pointer over the design objects that you want to examine.
   The Dynamic Selection assistant lists all the objects under the pointer, provides a short description of each object and indicates the layer-purpose pair on which it is drawn.
3. With pointer in the design display area, right-click to display the Layout context-sensitive menu and choose Freeze DSA or press Ctrl+H to freeze the display.
4. In the Dynamic Selection assistant, choose the objects you are interested in.
   The objects are cross-selected in the layout window, allowing you to perform the required operations only on those specific objects.
   You can also expand and collapse the hierarchy and use the commands in the context menu when the display is frozen.
5. From the Layout context-sensitive menu, choose UnFreeze DSA or press Ctrl+H to unfreeze the display.
   The display now updates dynamically when you move your pointer in the layout window.
6. Optionally, choose Settings – Save from the Dynamic Selection assistant context menu. This ensures that the order of fields that you choose for the assistant and the show or hide state are retained even after you close the current Virtuoso session. The preferences are saved in the *.ini file.
   You can save your settings in the DSA.ini file which gets loaded automatically when you launch the Dynamic Selection assistant. The DSA.ini file is saved by default in the ./.cadence/dfII/DSA directory, unless referenced at some other location as defined in the setup.loc file.

Related Topics

Dynamic Selection Assistant

Dynamic Selection Assistant Options Form

Display Options Form

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