Configure Physical Hierarchy

Lets you define how the physical implementation is generated from the schematic, define and edit component types, and define and edit soft blocks.

Physical Hierarchy Configuration

Load Physical View

Loads an OpenAccess template cellview containing pin, boundary, and placement information into the current cellview.

Load Physical View Form

– Swap Components

Exchanges the position of two selected components.

Swapping Components

Soft Blocks

Lets you modify the attributes of individual soft blocks in your design.

Soft Block Editing

Component Types

Controls how components are placed in rows and defines their chaining and folding parameters.

Component Types Mode in CPH

Pins – Permute

Switches the position of pins set up for permutation within an instance.

Pin Permutation

Nets – Assign

Assigns instance pins with or without a connectivity source or schematic to nets in the layout.

Assigning Instance Pins to a Net

Nets – Edit Attributes

Lets you modify the criticality and signal type of existing nets.

Editing Net Attributes and Properties

Nets – Set Order

Lets you create an ordered net constraint on a group of nets.

Nets – Show/Hide All Incomplete Nets

Shows and hides all the incomplete nets in the design.

Showing Common Incomplete Nets for Selected Instances

Nets – Show/Hide Selected Incomplete Nets

Shows and hides any incomplete nets associated with selected objects in the specified layout window.

Showing Common Incomplete Nets for Selected Instances

Nets – Show/Hide Current Incomplete Nets

Toggles the visibility of the current set of incomplete nets displayed in the design canvas.

Showing and Hiding Current Incomplete Nets

XL Probe

Highlights the design element in the layout or schematic when you click the corresponding one in the other window.

Design Probing

Generate – All From Source

Creates and places layout cells below the boundary in the layout canvas.

Generating All Components from Source

Generate – Selected From Source

Creates and places interactively selected schematic elements in the layout.

Placement Modes for Generating Selected Components from Source

Generate – Place As In Schematic

Moves components generated in the layout into the design boundary, maintaining the relative positions of the components from the schematic.

Moving Generated Components inside the PR Boundary (Placing As In Schematic)

Generate – Clones

Copies parts of schematic or layout including connectivity info to use as other parts.

Clone Generation

Generate – Chained Devices

Abuts prepared MOS transistors into chains.

Manual Device Abutment

Debugging Abutment

Generate – Folded Devices

Divides prepared MOS transistors or transistor chains into individual folds (smaller devices connected in parallel).

Folding a Transistor or FinFET Device

Check – Against Source

Reports the devices and parameters in the connectivity source that are missing in the schematic.

Design Check Against Source

Update – Components And Nets

Updates the layout to add devices, pins, or connectivity changes added to the schematic.

Components and Nets Updates

Update – Layout Constraints

Transfers constraints from the schematic view to the layout view.

Updating Layout Constraints

Update – Layout Parameters

Updates parameters of instances in the layout to match those in the schematic.

Layout Parameters Updates

Update – Schematic Parameters

Updates parameters of devices in the schematic to match those in the layout.

Schematic Parameter Updates

Update – Connectivity Reference

Updates the connectivity source and physical configuration for a given layout view.

Updating the Connectivity Reference

Update – Clone Families

Lets you manage the synchronized clone families in your design.

Updating Clone Families

Update – Extract Layout

Verifies the connectivity of the layout design and generates markers to highlight open and short circuits and illegal overlaps.

Connectivity Extraction Use Model

Define Device Correspondence

Creates user-defined device correspondence between selected devices in the schematic and layout views; allows implementation of one or many to many or one bindings.

Device Correspondence Updates

Layout XL

Sets values of Layout XL environment variables.

Layout Editor Basics

Pin Placement

Sets constraints on and places the pins in your design.

Pin Placement

Update Placement Status

Updates the placement status of instances and pins in the current cellview.

Updating the Placement Status Automatically

Custom Digital – Placement Planning

Lets you create, change, and delete rows

Placement Planning

Custom Digital – Placer

Runs the automatic placer

Auto Placer