Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Plotting Designs

for an HP LaserJet 5si MX PostScript plotter. These PPD lines are used to tell the printer which paper tray to use for a given paper size.

bos13b|bos13b: \ :manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard: \ :type=postscript1: \

:spool=lp -dbos12s13: \ :query=lpstat -obos12s13: \ :remove=cancel $1 bos12s13: \ :PPDFile=./hplj5si1.ppd: \ :resolution#600: \ :maximumPages#10: \

:PPD="(A) *PageSize Letter": \ :PPD="(B) *PageSize Tabloid": \ :PPD="*Resolution 600dpi": \ :paperSize="A" 4902 6402 99 99: \ :paperSize="B" 6402 10002 99 99:

For further details on setting up PPD files, do the following:

1.Go to the SourceLink web site at sourcelink.cadence.com

2.Click on Installation, Licensing & System Configuration Information under the

Installation heading on the left side of the SourceLink page.

You might be prompted for your SourceLink login name and password. The Cadence Installation, Licensing & System Information page appears.

3.Click on Cadence Plotting Services.

4.Click on What’s New.

5.Click on PostScript PPD.

Plotting a Design

You can plot any of the following:

■Library

■Current cellview

■Entire hierarchy starting from the current cellview or as many levels down as you want

■All sheets of a multisheet schematic by plotting from an index schematic cellview

Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Plotting Designs

Plotting a Library

To plot a library, do the following:

1.Choose Design – Plot – Submit.

The Submit Plot form appears.

2.In the Plot field, turn onlibrary.

3.In the Library Name and View Name List fields, type the library you want to plot and its views.

You can also click Browse to select the library.

Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Plotting Designs

4.Change other fields or options as needed.

5.Click OK.

Plotting a Cellview

To plot a cellview, do the following:

1. Choose Design – Plot – Submit.

Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide

Plotting Designs

The Submit Plot form appears.

2.In the Plot field, turn oncellview.

3.In the Library Name, Cell Name, and View Name fields, type the complete path to the cellview you want to plot.

You can also click Browse to select the cellview.

4.Change other fields or options as needed.