Width

Specifies the path width in user units. The path will initially default to the minimum width defined for the layer on which you create the path unless you enter a new value in this field. Once you have entered a new value in the field, each time you create a path on the layer whose value you have changed, the value is reused until you enter a new value in the field. To return to the minimum width, click the Defaults button.

Fixed Width

Uses the width you specify in the Width field for all segments of the path when turned on.

When turned OFF, the path width remains set at the last setting until you click the Defaults button. The Defaults setting uses the minWidth defined in the technology file for the current layer.

Justification

Controls which edge of the path you create: left, center, or right. If you set a path Offset, Justification controls which edge of the path is offset from the line you create.

Offset

Offsets the line you use to create the path from the final path. To control which edge of the path is offset, set the Justification cyclic field.

End Type

This drop-down menu provides options to control how the path ends are created.

• truncate: Specifies that the path ends and path points end at the same points.
• extend: Specifies that the path ends extend from the path points by one half the path width.
• round: Specifies that the path ends extend from the path points by one half the path width, symmetrically in four points at each end.
• variable: Specifies that the path ends extend from the path points by whatever value you enter in the Begin Extension and End Extension fields.

Begin Extension and End Extension

When End Type is set to variable, lets you enter a beginning and an ending extension in user units.

Net Name

Assigns the path to a specific net.

Create as ROD Object

Creates the path as a relative object design (ROD) object. ROD Name assigns a name to the new path in the current layout cellview if Create as ROD Object is on. The name must be unique in the cellview. If you do not edit this field, the system assigns a unique name consisting of the prefix path, followed by a number. For example, the first ROD path would be named path0, the second, path1, and so on.

Enable Metal Slotting

Enables you to create a path with slots. If selected, it enables the Slot Options tab on which you can specify the settings for creating a path with slots.

Snap Mode

This drop-down menu provides options to control how path segments snap to the grid.

• anyAngle: Creates lines at any angle.
• diagonal: Creates lines parallel to the X or Y axis or at a 45-degree angle to the axes.
• orthogonal: Creates lines parallel to the X or Y axis.
• L90XFirst: Creates orthogonal two-segment lines and creates the first line in the X direction.
• L90YFirst: Creates orthogonal two-segment lines and creates the first line in the Y direction.NNTo toggle between L90XFirst and L90YFirst while you are creating a path, click right.
• Acute Angle: Lets you create acute angle paths when set to on (available only when Snap Mode is set to anyAngle). When set to off, you can create paths only from 90 degree to 180 degree angles.

Connectivity

This section provides an option to highlight nets.

Probe Nets

Highlights nets while creating interconnect.