Cadence Virtuoso Editor

IS there a pline tool or any way to draw a line in Virtuoso layout
editor.
I need to attach 2 rectangles../ and i dont want to use another
rectangle as this will overlap with them.

is there any other way to do this.??

 

I don't understand what you're trying to do. Can't you use a single polygon
to get the shape you want? A line will only be for show in the layout, not a
physical part of your design. If you want to make a shape that can be
simulated, exported to other formats, etc. then the overlapping rectangles
should be OK if they are on the same layer. You can also draw the rectangles
overlapped and then use "merge shapes" to convert them into a single
polygon. If you really want a line, you can probably make a path with width
zero.

Frank

 

The function you are looking for is dbCreatLine, it only accepts a
list of points. Below is a quick skill routine so it will ask for
mouse input points.

Tim

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;
;; TIMcreateLine()
;;
;; Add lines (on LSW current Layer)
;;
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procedure(TIMcreateLine()
let((cv layer points)

cv = geGetWindowCellView()

layer = leGetEntryLayer()

points = enterLine(?prompts
list("Enter first point."
"Enter next point.")
;?doneProc
)
dbCreateLine(cv layer points)

) ; End let
) ; End procedure
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

 

You can try to merge them... I don't remember where was exactly this command
located, but probably Edit ->...


Hristo