updatePlacementStatusInBoundary

layoutXL updatePlacementStatusInBoundary cyclic { "placed" | "firm" | "locked" }

Description

Sets the placement status of instances and pins that are moved into the PR boundary to the value set for updatePlacementStatusInBoundary unless the current status of the instances and pins is a higher constrained status.

Note:

• In terms of the constraint status, locked > firm > placed.
• The environment variable updatePlacementStatusInBoundary is only used if updatePlacementStatus = t.

The default is "placed".

GUI Equivalent

None

Examples

envGetVal("layoutXL" "updatePlacementStatusInBoundary")

envSetVal("layoutXL" "updatePlacementStatusInBoundary" 'cyclic "placed")

envSetVal("layoutXL" "updatePlacementStatusInBoundary" 'cyclic "firm")

envSetVal("layoutXL" "updatePlacementStatusInBoundary" 'cyclic "locked")

Related Topics

List of Layout XL Environment Variables

Setting Environment Variables

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