Product Documentation
Virtuoso Studio Design Environment User Guide
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

New Hierarchy Form

Use this form to create a new hierarchy.

Field Description

Template

Displays available template and specifies name for it.

Built-in

Shows available templates for view lists, stop lists, and constants that contain more detailed hierarchy bindings. The default is Other; it allows you to specify a new template.

Name

Specifies the name you give to a new view list and stop list template. You enter the view names you want for this new template in the Switch List and Stop List fields.

Top Cell

Specifies the top cell of the configuration.

Library

Specifies the name of the library where the cell at the highest level (the root cell) of the configuration resides.

Cell

Specifies the cell at the highest level of the configuration (the root cell).

View

Specifies the name of the configuration file.

Browse

Opens the Library Browser.

Global Bindings

Lists libraries and cellviews for the configuration.

Library List

Specifies for designs not in Design Environment, libraries for cells that do not have library bindings. The libraries are listed in the order in which they are to be searched.

View List

Specifies the cellviews you want in your configuration in order of selection. It applies to every level of the configuration. The view list determines which view is selected for every object in the design, unless overridden by a cell or instance binding.

Stop List

Specifies cellviews that are at the leaf level; that is, they do not have any other levels of hierarchy below them and are not to be expanded further.

Description

Enters a brief description of the configuration.

Related Topics

Library Creation


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