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Automatically create pin on metal in my layout.

Sarvani

hi guys,

             I thought create a pin at end of that metal in my layout which has same net name specified in schematic pin names. So, is there any code for finding metal end. Is there any Ideas?

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  • skillUser

    Hi Sarvani,

    which version are you using?  There is a feature that is built in to Virtuoso, Create Pins from Labels, that might help you - in IC61x it is under the Tools -> Create Pins From Labels menu.  If you don't have a label but the metal does have connectivity there is another feature, Create -> Label, Auto mode which can create labels from interconnect, so you might do this first and then create the pin from the label (this is in IC61x, I don't think it is in IC5141)?

    Apart from this you could find a path end by choosing the first or last points, but you would need to know which end to select.  If you are talking about a route or multiple path segs joined together, then you may need to trace the connectivity some way to find the ends of the connection that way (not too trivial, but not impossible). If the path has connectivity it should be a relatively simple matter to create a physical pin shape.

    Perhaps you can supply more detail to help us in the forum to understand the question more clearly?

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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  • skillUser

    Hi Sarvani,

    which version are you using?  There is a feature that is built in to Virtuoso, Create Pins from Labels, that might help you - in IC61x it is under the Tools -> Create Pins From Labels menu.  If you don't have a label but the metal does have connectivity there is another feature, Create -> Label, Auto mode which can create labels from interconnect, so you might do this first and then create the pin from the label (this is in IC61x, I don't think it is in IC5141)?

    Apart from this you could find a path end by choosing the first or last points, but you would need to know which end to select.  If you are talking about a route or multiple path segs joined together, then you may need to trace the connectivity some way to find the ends of the connection that way (not too trivial, but not impossible). If the path has connectivity it should be a relatively simple matter to create a physical pin shape.

    Perhaps you can supply more detail to help us in the forum to understand the question more clearly?

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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