Controlling the Visibility of Track Patterns

You can control the visibility of the track patterns in the canvas using the Track Pattern assistant.

To show or hide the active pattern for an enabled WSSPDef:

• Click in the Visibility column for the WSSPDef to toggle the setting.

To show or hide the active patterns for a layer:

• Click in the Visibility column for the layer to toggle the setting.

To show all the active patterns for the global grid and regions in the canvas:

• Click AV.

To hide all the patterns in the canvas:

• Click NV.

To show or hide all active patterns in the canvas:

• Click AA.

To show or hide none active the patterns in the canvas:

• Click NA.

To reset all filters and turn off the visibility of patterns:

• Click the reset icon.

You can also control visibility of the track patterns from the Grids panel of the Palette Assistant. You can control the visibility of both routing and orthogonal WSSPDefs using the V column in the Grids panel of the Palette assistant. When an orthogonal WSSPDef is both active and visible, you can see the grid lines on the canvas. However, even if the WSP has a width value and the display mode is Full, the orthogonal WSSPDefs only show a centerline.

Related Topics

Launching the Track Pattern Assistant

Track Pattern Assistant Toolbar

Track Pattern Table

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