Have you ever come across a situation where you have a test setup in ADE Explorer and you need to create similar setups with slight variations and then save them in different cellviews? Before starting with this task, the first thing that strikes anyone’s mind is to find out a way that can help avoid hassles of doing the same task again and again. Virtuoso ADE Explorer brings to you the ability to save the current test setup in a cellview and then import it later in any other ADE Explorer or ADE Assembler setups. It is an easy-to-do task, but yet it’s smart too! You can customize what you want to save and view in the saved or the imported setup. Instead of creating the entire setup from scratch, it is always helpful to begin with a template and modify it as per your requirements. It also improves productivity and saves time. Saving the Current Setup To save the current setup in the same cellview, click the Save option available in the Session menu. It’s as simple as hitting the button! However, if you wish to save the current setup in a different cellview, you can click the Save a Copy option. Then, in the Save A Copy form, you can choose different elements of setup that you want to save, such as analyses, models, corners, and other settings. This form also provides options where you can specify the library, cell, and view name to save the new setup. Below is a snapshot of the Save A Copy form. Have a look at the Basic and Advanced settings that you can save. Importing the Setup Let’s now talk about the other facet – importing the saved setup! Firstly, you can import any setup in ADE Explorer that is of cellview type, maestro , and it does not matter whether the setup is saved using ADE Explorer or ADE Assembler. To import a setup from a different cellview into the current cellview, click the Import option available in the Session menu. Then, in the Import Setup form, choose the library, cell, and view name from where you want to import the setup. Using the options available on this form, you can directly import all or a part of the saved setup in the existing cellview. It’s worth noting that unlike ADE Assembler, the design and simulator settings cannot be imported in ADE Explorer. Below is a snapshot of the Import Setup form. Have a look at the Basic and Advanced settings that you can import. If you are wondering what happens when you have multiple tests available in ADE Assembler while importing...then don’t worry, importing setup will not affect all the available tests; only components specific to the selected test are overwritten during import. Want to know more about this feature — do watch the Saving and Importing a Setup video availab le on Cadence Online Support . You can also search for this video under Resources — Video Library . Note: If you don’t have a Cadence Online Support account, you can play the ‘Saving and Importing a Setup’ video (mp4) natively in Cadence Help when you are using Virtuoso IC6.1.7/ ICADV12.2 (ISR6 or later). In the Cadence Help Virtuoso Documentation Library, look under Video Demos for each of the videos in the series. Related Resources Virtuoso ADE Explorer User Guide Saving the Current Setup Importing a Saved Setup Note : For more information on Cadence products and services, visit www.cadence.com . Contributed by: Ashu Vashishtha What's Next Virtuoso Video Diary will next bring to you a video on Pin to Trunk routing titled Extending Trunks for Selected Nets While Routing . This video demonstrates how you can extend a trunk of all or selected nets in the design. Trunk extension is an important feature of Pin to Trunk routing and helps in traversing through each pin connection in large and complex designs. Stay tuned to know more… About Virtuoso Video Diary Virtuoso Video Diary is an online journal that relays information about Virtuoso videos that are available in the Cadence Online Support Video Library. For IC6.1.7 and ICADV12.2, over 100 videos on a wide variety of new and exciting Virtuoso features have already been created. Virtuoso Video Diary brings you direct links to these videos and other related material, on regular basis, in your mailbox. Subscribe to receive the e-mail notifications.![]()
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