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Layout Viewer

Launching Layout Viewer

2

Design Display Controls

Zooming a Design

Magnifying the Design Area

Customizing Magnifier Settings

Using Dynamic Zoom

Panning a Cellview

Hierarchical Designs

Descending into a Cellview

Viewing the Hierarchy Tree

Object Selection

Selecting Objects

Object Selectability Controls

Selecting a Group of Objects

Selecting Vias in a Via Stack

Selection of a Multipart Rectangle

Selecting Path Components

Dynamic Selection of Objects

Selecting Objects Using the Dynamic Selection Assistant

Viewing Angles

Saving and Restoring a View

Saving a View

Restoring a View

Returning to a View

Background Cellview

Adding a Background Cellview

Status Information

Status Banner

Status Toolbar

Creating a Reference Window

Navigating a Design Using the World View Assistant

Setting Display Options

Setting Up Design Objects to be Displayed

Displaying Instance or Master Cell Names

Setting Display Levels

Displaying Details or Outlines of Arrays

Setting Up Grid Controls

Setting Up the Snap Mode

Setting Up Dimming Options

Saving, Loading, and Deleting Display Settings

Object Information Display

Enabling Information Balloons and Dynamic Measurements

Customizing Object Information Display

Customizing Information Balloon Using Custom SKILL Functions

Managing Object Information Configuration

Preselect and Selection Object Information Display

Preselect and Selection Object Information Format

Object Information Display Criteria

Object Selection Cycle

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Working with Palette Assistant

Palette Assistant Panels

Showing and Hiding Palette Assistant Panels

Types of Palette Containers

Single Assistant Palette Container

Multiple Assistants Palette Container

Single Window Palette Container

Setting the Palette Container

Showing and Hiding the Single Palette Assistant

Customizing the Palette Environment

Synchronized and Desynchronized Palettes

Visibility and Selectability of Parent-Child Objects

Switching Between Synchronized and Desynchronized Modes of Parent-Child Objects

Managing Layers

Changing the Active Layer

Searching for a Layer

Modifying Layer Appearance

Viewing Layer-Purpose Pairs in a Tree Structure

Layer Sets

Creating a Layer Set

Deleting a Layer Set

Importing a Layer Set

Exporting a Layer Set

Layer Set Manager

Colored Layer Set Buttons

Layer-Purpose Pair Selection Controls

Single-Selection Mode Controls

Multi-Selection Mode Controls

Setting Layer Visibility and Selectability Depth in Single Selection Mode

Setting Attributes for Multiple Layers in Multi-Selection Mode

Controlling the Display Context Using LSW Information File

Saving the Display Context to the LSW Information File

Loading the Display Context from the LSW Information File

MPT Support

Compact MPT Mode

Drawing Shapes with Color

Controls for Display of Shapes

Purpose-Based Display of Color Information

Color-Based Display of Layers

Color and Lock Information-Based Search

Sort Order of Layer-Purpose Pairs in MPT Mode

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Layout Viewer Forms

B

Layout Viewer Assistants

Palette Assistant

Layers Panel

Objects Panel

Grids Panel

Palette Context Menu

Dynamic Selection Assistant

Dynamic Selection Assistant Columns

Dynamic Selection Assistant Object Types

Dynamic Selection Context Menu

World View Assistant

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