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

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Virtuoso Studio Design Environment Customization

You can use the Options menu in your Command Interpreter Window (CIW) to customize your Virtuoso Studio Design Environment.

You can customize specific application setup information by referring to the specific application documentation. Customization updates made via the CIW are common to multiple users or global to an entire site.

Additionally, you can customize your design environment such that your settings are loaded for all subsequent sessions by editing various dot files in your home directory such as .cshrc, .cdsinit, and .Xinitrc. Your settings remain in effect until you edit the dot files again. For more information, see Environment Settings in Virtuoso.

The .cshrc and .Xinitrc files are system specific files with content both relevant and irrelevant to Cadence and Virtuoso applications. The .cdsinit file applies solely to Cadence and Virtuoso software.

Area to be customized Action files

UNIX paths, file locations, and device specifications

.cshrc, .login, or .profile file

General window appearance and behavior

.Xdefaults, .xsession or desktop/window manager configuration

Window appearance and command actions and environment variables for Cadence software

.cdsinit or .cdsenv file

Related Topics

Customizing the Virtuoso Schematic Editor

Customizing the Layout XL Desktop

Starting Virtuoso Studio

Bindkeys and Access Keys

Default Instance Prefixes

Specifying New Default Values for a Virtuoso Session


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