Virtuoso XL Layout Editor User Guide

Generating Your Layout with Virtuoso XL Layout Editor

7.Turn on the options you want.

8.Click in the layout window to place the highlighted instance or pin.

Generating Pins

When you select a pin to place in your design the pin options are updated on the Pick From

Schematic form.

1.If the components you selected are pins, the Pick from Schematic form changes to include pin options (only if you have turned on the Place Individually option) you can choose.

2.Click in the layout where you want to place the pin.

The pin is created where the image was when you clicked and has the connectivity indicated in the schematic.

3.If you selected more than one pin, without moving the cursor back to the schematic, click to place the other pins in the layout.

The pins are placed in the layout at the location where you click. The pin currently being placed in the layout is always highlighted in the schematic in the color assigned to the hilite drawing2 layer. Selected instances that have not yet been placed are highlighted in the color assigned to the hilite drawing layer.

You can use the Next and Previous buttons at the top of the Pick from Schematic form to move ahead or back in the order of the list of components you picked.

Virtuoso XL Layout Editor User Guide

Generating Your Layout with Virtuoso XL Layout Editor

Viewing Unplaced Instances/Pins

1.To see a list of all components in the schematic for which there is no corresponding layout instance or pin, click Unplaced.

Wires, labels, text, instances with ignore properties, and instances that have already been placed in the layout are not considered available components and are not shown in this list.

2.Double-click on the name of each device in the list and move the cursor to the layout to place it.

The Pick from Schematic form changes to show available information about that component.

Constraints entered using the Constraint Manager are observed while you are using the

Pick from Schematic command.