Place

Name

Place - Places an instance

Synopsys

Place ( ins, sym, point )

Description

Placement of an instance.
The instance has to be instantiated in the method Netlist, in order to use the Place function.

Parameters

• ins : Instance to place.
• sym : Geometrical operation to be performed on the instance before beeing placed.
  The sym argument can take eight legal values :
  • NOSYM : no geometrical operation is performed
  • SYM_Y : Y becomes -Y, that means toward X axe symetry
  • SYM_X : X becomes -X, that means toward Y axe symetry
  • SYMXY : X becomes -X, Y becomes -Y
  • ROT_P : a positive 90 degrees rotation takes place
  • ROT_M : a negative 90 degrees rotation takes place
  • SY_RP : Y becomes -Y, and then a positive 90 degrees rotation takes place
  • SY_RM : Y becomes -Y, and then a negative 90 degrees rotation takes place
• point : coordinates of the lower left corner of the abutment box of the instance in the current figure.

Example

Place ( myInst, NOSYM, XY ( 0, 0 ) )

Errors

Some errors may occur :

• [Stratus ERROR] Placement : the instance doesn't exist.
  The instance must be instanciated in order to be placed.
• [Stratus ERROR] Placement : the first argument is not an instance.
• [Stratus ERROR] Placement : the instance is already placed.
  One can not place an instance twice
• [Stratus ERROR] Place : wrong argument for placement type.
  The symetry given as argument is not correct.
• [Stratus ERROR] Place : wrong argument for placement,
the coordinates must be put in a XY object.
  The coordinates are not descrobed the bood way.

See Also

Introduction PlaceTop PlaceBottom PlaceRight PlaceLeft SetRefIns DefAb ResizeAb