Virtuoso XL Layout Editor User Guide

Editing Your Layout with Virtuoso XL Layout Editor

9.Click in the layout window and the devices are aligned.

10.To add other devices to the aligned group, use the Shift left mouse button to select the unaligned devices.

11.In the Alignment form select Set New Reference and click in the layout window. The unaligned devices are now aligned with the original selected alignment group.

Swapping Components

To swap the location of two components in the layout window, follow these steps.

1.From the layout window, choose Edit – Other – Swap Components.

2.Click on the first component in the layout window. Virtuoso XL prompts you to select a second component.

3.Click on the second component in the layout window.

Virtuoso XL switches the locations of the components you selected. Virtuoso XL retains the orientation of the component associated with the position.

4.To undo the swap, from the layout window choose Edit – Undo.

5.To swap another two components, choose Edit – Other – Swap Components again.

Virtuoso XL does not move the connections to the components. If swapping components causes shorts, markers show where the shorts are. If swapping components causes open connections, flight lines show the open connections.

The Swap Components command does not allow you to swap components that are part of a satisfied constraint (unless the swap maintains the constraint).