Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Editing Properties

Editing Object Properties

Properties describe specific characteristics of a design object, such as values of wires and pins. You can add, delete, or modify properties.

This section provides information about the following:

■Applying Edits to Objects and Displaying Object Types on page 356

■Adding Object Properties on page 357

■Deleting Object Properties on page 358

■Modifying Object Properties on page 359

Applying Edits to Objects and Displaying Object Types

To change properties of specific objects, do the following:

1.Choose Edit – Properties – Objects. The Edit Object Properties form appears.

2.Set the Apply To options.

The Apply To option consists of up to three cyclic fields that you use to specify the group of objects whose properties you want to edit.

A current object exists when you select multiple objects in a selected set. The current object is highlighted in a color different from the selection highlight.

When you configure theApply To cyclic fields to apply changes to multiple objects, the system highlights all affected objects (other than the current object) in a different color.

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3.To display the types of properties and attributes that you can edit, set the Show options.

The Show options let you view and edit properties:

Select system to display the Cadence® properties

Select user to display the properties that you create

Select CDF to display predefined properties in Component Description Format

(CDF)

4.Select the object in your design to view its properties.

The Edit Object Properties form expands.

Adding Object Properties

To add properties to an object, do the following:

1.Choose Edit – Properties – Objects. The Edit Object Properties form appears.

2.Select an object in your design to which you want to add a property.

3.In the Edit Object Properties form, click Add.

The Add Property form appears.

4.Type the name of the property you want to add and the value of the property.

5.Click OK to add the properties to the Edit Object Properties form.

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6. On the Edit Object Properties form, click OK to add the properties to the database object.

Deleting Object Properties

To delete object properties, do the following:

1.Choose Edit – Properties – Objects.

The Edit Object Properties form appears.

2.Select an object in your design that has a property you want to delete.

3.In the Edit Object Properties form, click Delete.

The Delete Property form appears.

4.From the list box, select the property that you want to delete. You can press Shift and click to select multiple properties.

5.Click OK to delete the properties from the Edit Object Properties form.

6.Click OK on the Edit Object Properties form to delete the properties from the database object.

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Modifying Object Properties

To modify object properties, do the following:

1.Choose Edit – Properties – Objects.

The Edit Object Properties form appears.

2.Select an object in your design that has a property you want to modify.

3.In the Edit Object Properties form, click Modify. The Modify Property form appears.

4.From the list box, select the property that you want to modify.

5.On the Modify Property form, click OK to modify the properties on the Edit Object Properties form.

6.On the Edit Object Properties form, click OK to modify the properties on the database object.