Color Locking
In layout, there are two types of color locks that can be assigned to a shape:
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The color state for a top-level shape indicates whether the color is locked or unlocked. A
lockcolor state is also called adbLock. For more information, see Color Attribute Locking. - A hierarchical color lock (HCL) on an occurrence shape assigns a locked color to the shape from a higher level of the hierarchy. For more information, see Hierarchical Color Locking.
By default, both of these methods operate on selected shapes. You can also operate on the selected shapes and shapes that are connected to them on the same layer, as described in
New shapes created by functions such as copy, move, and MakeCell, will not inherit the color attributes of the original shape. When shapes are moved to connect to locked shapes, locks are not propagated automatically. To change the default behavior, see Color Locking on Connected Shapes.
In addition, colors can be locked on shapes, vias, and blockages using SKILL functions, as described in
There is a special process for
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