5141 layout: draw/place multiple paths/shapes/symbolics

Hi All,

is there a simple way to draw 2 or more overlay'd paths/rectangles at
once in various layers. Its for metal strapping and custom metal
fill. I'd use a pCell but i'd like Vxl (this is 5141) to recognise
the connection has been made. Same with vias, if i place e.g a 2x2
Via1 it would be nice to place a 2x2 Via2,3...etc at the same time.

Occasionally i use arrayed pCells (mosiace) for the above but as i
said XL does not see the connectivity & more importantly does not
flash like crazy when the user creates a short. For this reason larger
cells are proving hard to debug in LVS with multi-layer dense routing.

Thanks

Stu

 

stuso wrote, on 06/23/09 15:54:

rodCreatePath() or rodCreateRect(). These are multi-part paths or rectangles.

Or you might want to create a via pcell.

With IC613 there's a very easy way to create stacked vias with the Create Via
command.

Regards,

Andrew.

 

Hi Andrew, i hadn't realised that the sub-path of a multi-part path
was recognized by XL. So that works, thanks.