Virtuoso Layout Editor User Guide -- Preface

Virtuoso Layout Editor User Guide, Product Version 5.0

Preface

This document is for developers and designers of integrated circuits. It contains information about how to use the Virtuoso^® Layout Editor and Virtuoso XL Layout Editor tools.

The Preface discusses the following:

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Typographic and Syntax Conventions

To print this documentation, see the information about "Printing Documents" in the Cadence Documentation User Guide.

Related Documents

The following documents give you more information about related tools and the Cadence^® SKILL language.

For what's new, refer to the Virtuoso Layout Editor 5.0.0 Product Notes.

For outstanding product change requests (PCRs), refer to the Virtuoso Layout Editor 5.0.0 Known Problems and Solutions.

For information about how to install the product, refer to Cadence Installation Guide.

For information about library structure, the cds.lib configuration file, or name mapping for data shared across multiple Cadence tools, refer to the Cadence Application Infrastructure User Guide.

For information about how to access the technology file using SKILL, refer to the Technology File and Display Resource File SKILL Reference Manual.

For information about creating and editing the technology file refer to Technology File and Display Resource File ASCII Syntax Reference Manual and Technology File and Display Resource File User Guide.

For information about SKILL functions, refer to the Custom Layout SKILL Functions Reference Manual.

For information about how to perform design tasks with the Virtuoso layout accelerator, refer to the Virtuoso XL Layout Editor User Guide.

For information about database SKILL functions, including the data access functions, refer to the Cadence Design Framework II SKILL Functions Reference Manual.

For information about creating parameterized cells using the graphic user interface or low-level SKILL functions, refer to the Virtuoso Parameterized Cell Reference.

For a tutorial on creating parameterized cells using the graphic user interface, refer to the Cell Design Tutorial.

For information about using relative object design (ROD) functions, refer to the Virtuoso Relative Object Design User Guide.

For examples of pcells, refer to the Sample Parameterized Cells Installation and Reference.

To learn how to use inherited connections and net expressions with various Cadence tools in the design flow, refer to the Inherited Connections Flow Guide.

To learn the connectivity and naming conventions for inherited connections and how to add and edit net expressions in a schematic or symbol cellview, refer to the Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide.

For information about streaming mask data, refer to the Design Data Translator's Reference.

Typographic and Syntax Conventions

The syntax conventions used in this documentation are described below.

literal
Words in nonitalic monospaced type indicate text you must type exactly as it is presented. These words represent command (function or routine) or option names.

variables
Words in italic monospaced type indicate text you must replace with text appropriate to your system. An example is: cdyour_install_dir/tools/dfII/samples/local

z_argument...
Words in italic monospaced type also indicate text you must replace with an appropriate argument. The prefix indicates the data type(s) the argument can accept, for example t_ for text. The three dots indicate that you can repeat the argument. Substitute one or more names or values. Do not type the data type or underscore.

.italic
Words in italics indicate names of manuals, commands, and form buttons, form fields, and other features of the user interface (UI).

[ ]
Brackets indicate and enclose optional arguments except when they enclose keyboard bindkeys. Although this document refers to commands by full menu names, if a bindkey is available for a command, it is included in brackets after the command name. For example, Zoom - In [z].

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