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Showing contents of a cell while dragging

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In Layout (I'm using 6.1.3.500.13) , there are these bindkeys Shift-F and Ctrl-F to show/hide the contents of instances in the layout. Now when I drag an instance around, the contents of the instance disappear. In "hide contents mode" (Ctrl-F) an outline of the cell is shown, but in "show contents mode" (Shift-F) the entire cell disappears and you're basically moving an invisible ghost with flight lines. Needless to say this is cumbersome when you want to move instances with any degree of accuracy.

This doesn't happen with polygons on the current level of hierarchy; these always remain visible while dragging. Is there a way to make this happen with instances as well?

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  •  Hi All,

    I just wanted to let you all know that this is due to the tools themselves and not any particular PDK etc.  Basically when performing a Move, anything more than 1 level down in the layout hierarchy does not display detail, just a box or outline.  R&D are working to try to improve the display detail during a Move operation, hopefully in ISR2 of IC614. The amount of code changes required means that additional testing and stability checks are needed before releasing.  Master CCR is 500889.

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.

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  •  Hi All,

    I just wanted to let you all know that this is due to the tools themselves and not any particular PDK etc.  Basically when performing a Move, anything more than 1 level down in the layout hierarchy does not display detail, just a box or outline.  R&D are working to try to improve the display detail during a Move operation, hopefully in ISR2 of IC614. The amount of code changes required means that additional testing and stability checks are needed before releasing.  Master CCR is 500889.

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.

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