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:CIF Options, GDS Options, DXF Options, EDIF Options (Foreign File Options submenu) [7-3]
Print Options [4-9]
Edit menu:Selection Options (Selection submenu) [2-1]
Facet menu:Facet Options [3-7]
View menu:Frame Options [7-6]
Windows menu:Grid Options [4-7]
Alignment Options [4-7]
Color Options (Colors submenu) [4-6]
Layer Pattern Options [4-6]
Port Display Options [3-6]
Text Options [6-8]
3D Options (3D Display submenu) [4-11]
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]
Tools menu:DRC Options (DRC submenu) [9-2]
Simulation Options (Simulation submenu) [10-2]
Spice Options, Verilog Options (Simulation Interface submenu) [9-4]
ERC Options (ERC submenu) [9-3]
Network Options (Network submenu) [9-6]
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 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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