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Plotting Designs

5. Click OK.

Plotting Part of a Schematic

To plot only the viewing area of a cellview, do the following:

1.Zoom in on only the object or area you want to plot by choosing Window – Zoom –

Zoom In.

2.Choose Design – Plot – Submit.

The Submit Plot form appears.

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3.In the Plot field, turn onviewing area.

When you plot using the viewing area, you plot the cellview from which you started the

Plot command. Only the area displayed in the graphic window is plotted.

4.Change other fields or options as needed.

5.Click OK.

Plotting Without a Header Page for Every Session

To plot without a header page from a layout or a schematic, do the following:

1.Choose Design – Plot – Submit.

2.Turn off Plot With header.

3.In the Template File field, type a fully-qualified template file name.

4.Click Save.

5.Click Cancel.

6.Add the following commands in the .cdsinit file to point to the saved template file:

For layout:

lePlotTemplate = path_to_the_template_file/name_of_the_template_file

For schematic:

schPlotTemplate = path_to_the_template_file/name_of_the_template_file

Every Cadence session will now load the plot template files from the.cdsinit file and set the header off by default in the Submit Plot form.

Adding Notes to a Plot

To add notes to any type of plot, do the following:

1.Choose Design – Plot – Submit.

The Submit Plot form appears.

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2. In the Plot With field, clicknotes.

3.Type in the Notes field. Specificediting commands apply.

4.Click OK.

Setting Plot Options

You can set several plot options: plotter name, paper size, page orientation, size and position of plotting, area, number of copies, plot time, and plot to file.

To set plot options, do the following:

1.Choose Design – Plot – Submit. The Submit Plot form appears.

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2. At the bottom of the Submit Plot form, click Plot Options.