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Schematic Grid Dot Size

JeCh

Hi there,

For my work I often end up displaying a higher-resolution VNC window on a lower-resolution screen, like my laptop window. As a result of this, the schematic grid dots can become pretty hard to see.

I'm wondering if it would be possible to change the size of the dots (maybe 3x3 pixels, instead of 1).

I'm using Virtuoso version 6.1.8.

Thanks in advance!

Jess

  • Jess,

    The major dots are already larger (they're a cross rather than a dot), and you can make them less bold by setting: hiGetCurrentWindow()~>dotStyleMajorGrid=t  (you can change the default with the graphic dotStyleMajorGrid cdsenv var; maybe the default is different in your environment?). However, I think that's the limit of the control, other than making them lines rather than dots. I don't believe here's a way to make them bigger for the minor grid points (I couldn't find any requests to do so; usually we get asked how to make them less bold, in fact).

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    Got it - no worries.

    I was not aware of the dotStyleMajorGrid setting - turns out it was set to t by default in my environment. Turning it off helps quite a bit!

    Much thanks,

    Jess

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