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From: Jeff W. Sondeen (sondeen AT rcf-fs DOT usc.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 29 2001 - 11:50:02 EST

  • Next message: Prakash: "RE: MAGIC DRC question"

    i've always wanted a 'drc style' command, like 'extract style'.  then
    the techfile could have sets of drc rules, with some 'quick and dirty'
    (like basic widths/spacings) for large cell interactive editing and
    some that are more complete for later full drc'ing, and one for the
    extremely slow cif drc commands.
    
    /jeff
    
    
    R. Timothy Edwards writes:
     > Dear Prakash,
     >    Normally, when I intentionally violate DRC rules, I just leave them
     > there, particularly if there are not many.  If it seems like I will be
     > doing this a lot and it might cause me to miss other, non-intentional
     > errors, I sometimes will make modifications to the tech file, for
     > instance, to add a layer which duplicates another layer but does not
     > have any DRC rules associated with it.
     >    Magic doesn't have any DRC commands to ignore certain cells.  However,
     > if it looks like a useful idea, I doubt it would be very difficult to
     > add a sub-command "drc ignore <cellname>", though I tend more toward the
     > opinion that any architecture which intentionally violates design rules
     > needs a tech file which can accomodate the architecture as a valid
     > layout.  However, most people don't like to tinker around with the tech
     > files.
     >    (Anyone else have an opinion about adding a "drc ignore" command?)
     > 
     > 						Regards,
     > 						Tim
    


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