Chapter VI: ADVANCED EDITING

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3: Options

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There are many commands in Electric that set options. These commands customize the system for your use. Here is a list of commands that set options:
File menu:CIF Options, GDS Options, DXF Options, EDIF Options (Foreign File Options submenu)
Print Options
Edit menu:Selection Options (Selection submenu)
Facet menu:Facet Options
View menu:Frame Options
Windows menu:Grid Options
Alignment Options
Color Options (Colors submenu)
Port Display Options
Text Options
3D Options (3D Display submenu)
Info menu:New Node Options
New Arc Options
Quick Key Options (User Interface submenu)
Technology menu:Technology Options
Tools menu:DRC Options (DRC submenu)
Simulation Options (Simulation submenu)
Spice Options, Verilog Options (Simulation Interface submenu)
VHDL Options (VHDL submenu)
Silicon Compiler Options (Silicon Compiler submenu)
Network Options (Network submenu)
Routing Options (Routing submenu)
Compaction Options (Compaction submenu)

These options are stored in a file called "electricoptions.elib" in your library directory (on UNIX, the file is stored in "~/.electricoptions.elib"). Deleting this file will cause your options to revert to the default state set by Electric.

There are times when you want to save options with a library. For example, a library of standard cells, designed for the Silicon Compiler, will want to store Silicon Compiler options in it so that the user of the library can have the proper options set.

To request that a set of options be saved with the current library, use the Option Saving... command of the Info menu. Select the options that you want saved. When this library is read in, options in that library will override the current settings.

Figure 6.11


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