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, with references to them:
File menu:Library Options [3-9], CIF Options, GDS Options, DXF Options, EDIF Options, DEF Options (IO Options submenu) [7-3]
Print Options [4-9]
Edit menu:Selection Options (Selection submenu) [2-1]
Facet menu:Facet Options [3-7]
Export menu:Port Display Options [3-6]
View menu:Frame Options [7-6]
Icon Options [3-12]
Windows menu:Grid Options [4-7]
Alignment Options [4-7]
Color Options (Colors submenu) [4-6]
Layer Pattern Options [4-6]
Text Options [6-8]
3D Options (3D Display submenu) [4-11]
Messages Window Location [4-2]
Java Options [11-1]
Info menu:New Node Options [6-2]
New Arc Options [5-5]
Quick Key Options (User Interface submenu) [1-9]
Technology menu:Technology Options [7-1]
Units [7-2]
Tools menu:DRC Options, DRC Rules (DRC submenu) [9-2]
Simulation Options (Simulation submenu) [10-2]
Spice Options, Verilog Options, FastHenry Options (Simulation Interface submenu) [9-4]
ERC Options (ERC submenu) [9-3]
Network Options (Network submenu) [9-6]
Logical Effort Options (Logical Effort submenu) [9-12]
Routing Options (Routing submenu) [9-5]
VHDL Options (VHDL submenu) [9-10]
Silicon Compiler Options (Silicon Compiler submenu) [9-9]
Compaction Options (Compaction submenu) [9-11]

These options are stored in a file called "electricoptions.elib" in your "lib" 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.

Options are saved when Electric exits. To save the options sooner, use the Save Options Now subcommand of the Option Control command of the Info menu.

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 Saving Options With Libraries... subcommand of the Option Control command of the Info menu. Select the options that you want saved and then save the library. When this library is read in, options in that library will override the current settings.

Figure 6.11


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