leMarkNet highlight options to high light in a subcell at 0 stop level

Paul,

I assume you want the display set to stopLevel 0, but want the marking to be throughout the hierarchy? You can do that with:

leMarkNet(point ?stopLevel 32)

I did think initially you might have to do dbOpenHier(cvId 32) but it seems that using the ?stopLevel 32 has the same effect.

Regards,

Andrew

Here are the options I use on the leMarkNet
leMarkNet(xy
?startLpp list(lab~>layerName "drawing")
?startLevel 0
?stopLevel 32
?thickLine t
?markNetColor mNet
?optionFile markNetFile)

If it something I have to live with of viewing other than at 0 level I can adjust.

I was just looking if there I was something I was missing.

Paul

Hi Paul,

Which sub-version of Virtuoso are you using?

Andrew

I just checked, and this worked fine for me in that sub-version. I opened this design, left it at level 0, and then did:

leMarkNet(xy ?startLpp list("Metal3" "drawing") ?startLevel 0 ?stopLevel 32 ?thickLine t)

It takes a while as it loads the remaining levels of hierarchy into memory, but then I get:

The yellow highlights are nets inside the blocks (mostly). I did it with a ground net too, and it makes lots of highlights.

Perhaps I've misunderstood what you're asking for?

Andrew

Now that I know it can be done, I will see if there is something in my marknet file that is stopping the hilight

Thanks for the info

When I try with 0 stop level with the command
leMarkNet(enterPoint() ?startLpp list("M1" "drawing") ?startLevel 0 ?stopLevel 32 ?thickLine t)

*WARNING* (LE-103025): There is no valid shape at the specified point so tracing is not possible.
Specify a new point value that contains a valid shape.

Hi,

Have you succeed in this?

If possible, I want to learn it.

Regards,

I think I accidently found the reason why it does not hilite at zero level
Due to within some issues in cadence and our environment we dont use pins, only labels. Well at least I prefer not to use pins, not enough benefit.

So if there is no shape viewed to start the marknet the shapes wont be hilited. A pin solves this issue in the cellview.

Paul

Paul,

That seems odd, given that I can't see why it would care about pins. Mark Net is a shape tracer, and doesn't look at connectivity information. I just tried it out on a silly piece of layout at level 0 with no pins, and it worked fine:

The areas over I1 and I2 are just shapes within the cells which are being highlighted. This works in ICADVM18.1 ISR13 - the same version you're using.

Andrew

What do you mean..?