Managing a Clone Family

You can perform the following tasks to manage a clone family:

To select a clone family:

In the layout canvas or Navigator, right-click a clone and choose Select Clone Family.
All the clones in the family of the chosen clone are selected in the layout canvas and also in the Navigator.
Alternatively, you can use the lxSelectSynchronousFamily SKILL function to select a clone family.

To update a clone family:

In the layout canvas or Navigator, right-click a clone and choose Update Clone Families.
Alternatively, in the layout window, choose Connectivity – Update – Clone Families.
The Update Clone Families form is displayed. You can use this form to rename the family of the selected clone, verify the synchronization of the family members, or to make other similar updates to the family of the selected clone.
The Create Family and Add To Family commands are not available when updating a synchronous copy.
Any changes that you make by using the Update Clone Families form are irreversible.

To rename a clone family:

From the layout window menu bar, choose Connectivity – Update – Clone Families.
The Update Clone Families form is displayed.
Select the clone family to be renamed and click Rename Family.
The Rename Clone Family form is displayed.
In the New Family Name field, type in a new name for the clone family.
Select the Rename Clones check box if you also want to rename all the clone members with the new family name as prefix, such as <Clone Family Name>_index,
Alternatively, set the environment variable, renameClonesWhenFamilyIsRenamed, to t.
Click OK to rename the clone family.
The selected clone family and the clone members (if set for renaming), display the new clone names.
Click Close to dismiss the Update Clone Families form.

To remove a clone from its family:

In the layout canvas or Navigator, right-click the clone that you want to remove from its family and choose Remove Clone From Family. The option is available only when the cellview is opened in Edit mode.
The selected clone is removed from its family, which means that the clone is no longer synchronized with the other family members.
Alternatively, you can use the lxRemoveSynchronousCloneFromFamily SKILL function to remove the selected clone from its family, or use the Remove Clone button available in the Update Clone Families form.

To remove a clone family:

In the layout canvas or Navigator, right-click a clone that belongs to the clone family you want to remove and choose Update Clone Families. The option is available only when the cellview is opened in Edit mode.
The Update Clone Families form is displayed.
Select the clone family from the list of families and click the Remove Family button.
The selected clone family is removed, which means that the family members are no longer synchronized.
Alternatively, you can use the lxDeleteSynchronousCloneFamily SKILL function to remove the selected clone family.