Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

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Plotting Designs

You can plot libraries, cellviews, or a portion of your schematic using one command form.

Another form sets the plot options.

This chapter provides information about

Setting Up System Options to Plot on page 454

Setting Up Printer Options to Use Various Paper Sizes on page 454

Plotting a Design on page 455

Plotting a Library on page 456

Plotting a Cellview on page 457

Plotting Part of a Schematic on page 459

Plotting Without a Header Page for Every Session on page 460

Adding Notes to a Plot on page 460

Setting Plot Options on page 461

Plotting a Color Schematic in Black and White on page 463

Changing the Background Color of a Schematic Window on page 464

Using a Plot Template File on page 465

Creating a Plot Template File on page 465

Loading a Plot Template File on page 468

Creating a Default Plot Template File on page 469

Checking the Queue Status on page 470

Canceling a Plot Job on page 470

Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Plotting Designs

Setting Up System Options to Plot

To set up your system to plot to either a plotter or a laser printer, do the following:

1.Install the hardware.

2.Configure the system.

Refer to your operating system documentation for specifics about your plotter.

For details about configuring your operating system for plotting, refer to thePlotter

®

Configuration User Guide. It discusses the .cdsplotinit file that the Virtuoso schematic composer uses.

3.Set up the software.

Setting up the Cadence® software includes defining the correct plotting device (output device), which you define in your operating system.

4.Create a site-specific version of the plot configuration file as detailed in thePlotter Configuration User Guide.

Copy the cdsplotinit.sample file from theyour_install_dir/tools/ plot/samples directory to a new file called.cdsplotinit in either your working or home directory.

The .cdsplotinit file is used to define the list of available printers and plotters and their characteristics.

Setting Up Printer Options to Use Various Paper Sizes

Cadence Plotting Services software does not specify paper trays because there is no standard method that plotters use to select paper trays. However, if you are using a PostScript plotter, you can use PostScript printer definition (PPD) files to set up various paper sizes and paper trays.

PPD files are available at

www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/LIBRARY/pdrvwin.htm

Click on the manufacturer name of your plotter to go to the download page for the PPD file for your plotter. PPD files are not operating-system specific. You can download the Windows/ DOS versions of PPD files and use them with Cadence tools.

Include the PPD file information in your.cdsplotinit file. Notice the addition of the lines beginning with PPD, which have been included in the following sample .cdsplotinit file