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Area estimate from schematic

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archive over 17 years ago

Hello experts, If I have a schematic and have pcells for all the devices used in the schematic, what's the easiest way to get an area estimate ? Thanks! nnxx


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    I think you can invoke VXL from the schematic and then call Design->Gen From Source. This form has option for Area Calculation based on "PrBoundary" or "bBox" of the layout cell. You can select one of them. Explore it.


    Originally posted in cdnusers.org by rairaj
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    I think you can invoke VXL from the schematic and then call Design->Gen From Source. This form has option for Area Calculation based on "PrBoundary" or "bBox" of the layout cell. You can select one of them. Explore it.


    Originally posted in cdnusers.org by rairaj
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