chainMirrorEquivOrients

layoutXL chainMirrorEquivOrients boolean { t | nil }

Description

Controls the orientation in which devices are mirrored.

The default is t, which means devices are mirrored using equivalent orientations.

• For R0 cells, R0 and MX are mirrored to MY and MY and R180 are mirrored to R0.
• For R90 cells, R270 and MXR90 are mirrored to MYR90 and MYR90 and R90 are mirrored to R270.

GUI Equivalent

None

Examples

envGetVal("layoutXL" "chainMirrorEquivOrients")

envSetVal("layoutXL" "chainMirrorEquivOrients" 'boolean t)

envSetVal("layoutXL" "chainMirrorEquivOrients" 'boolean nil)

Additional Information

The table below details the mirroring orientations for R0 and R90 cells, depending on the value of the chainMirrorEquivOrients environment variable.

Cell Orientation	Device Orientation	Mirroring Orientation with chainMirrorEquivOrients = t
R0	R0	MY
	MX	MY
	MY	R0
	R180	R0
R90	R270	MYR90
	MXR90	MYR90
	MYR90	R270
	R90	R270
Cell Orientation	Device Orientation	Mirroring Orientation with chainMirrorEquivOrients = nil
R0	R0	MY
	MX	R180
	MY	R0
	R180	MX
R90	R270	MYR90
	MXR90	R90
	MYR90	R270
	R90	MXR90

Related Topics

Generate Chained Devices Form

List of Layout XL Environment Variables

Setting Environment Variables

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