I used the following to place Metal_Dummy in my layout chip. x=1200 y=1200 i=1 while((10*i+5<=x) dbCreatePolygon( "METAL1" "drawing" list((i-1)*10+5:4.5 (i-1)*10+4.5:5 (i-1)*10+0.5:5 (i-1)*10:4.5 (i-1)*10:0.5 (i-1)*10+0.5:0 (i-1)*10+4.5:0 (i-1)*10+5:0.5)) i++ ) i=1 while((10*i+5<=y) dbCreatePolygon( "METAL1" "drawing" list (..............................................)) i++ ) use this procedure i can create 1xi or ix1array METAL1 only,who can tell me how to create ixi array METAL1 Dummy in my layout chip. please show me detailed procedure,ths!