Virtuoso XL Layout Editor User Guide

Wire Editing in the Virtuoso XL Layout Editor

Displaying Reports

You can display reports, which give you detailed information about routing status, network information, a specified component, a specified net, and current design rules. You can also save reports in text files.

To display reports, follow these steps:

1.Choose Verify – Report. The Reports form appears.

Displaying Routing Status Reports

Routing reports contain a routing summary and a table of design statistics by layer. The routing summary includes information about the completion rate, unconnects, wiring, and the conflicts and rule violations encountered.

To display a Route Status report, do the following:

1. From the Report form, click the General tab.

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Wire Editing in the Virtuoso XL Layout Editor

2.Turn Route Status on.

3.Click OK.

The Routing Status Report window appears.

For descriptions of the information contained in the report, refer to “Route Status Report Window” on page 434.

Displaying Network Reports

Network reports contain design statistics, which include the number of pins, vias, t-junctions, conflicts, and length information for each routing layer.

To create a Network Report, do the following:

1.From the Report form, click the General tab.

2.Turn Network on.

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Wire Editing in the Virtuoso XL Layout Editor

3.Choose Length By Layer or Total Lengths.

Length By Layer displays the report with the nets sorted by the length of the layers.

Total Length lets you display the report with the nets sorted by Name, Ratio, Length, or Extra.

4.Click OK.

The Network Report window appears.

The report identifies the nets in the current design and how the netlist was sorted.

For descriptions of the information contained in this report, refer to “Network Report Window” on page 436.

Displaying Component Reports

Component report contain information about a single component in the design.

To create a Component report, do the following:

1. From the Report form, click the Component tab.

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Wire Editing in the Virtuoso XL Layout Editor

The tab lists components in the current design.

2.Choose the component from the list for which you want to create a report.

3.Click OK.