Question about PCell from Tools menu

[asktech]

Hi all,

Have you ever used PCell from Tools menu in Layout Cellview? Here what I tried, but have nothing.:
- Open a layout cellview
- Click on "Tools" menu, and select "PCell"
Result: There is no window popped up. In CIW window, it shows " Loading pCellGen.cxt ..."

What should I do to make it work?

Many thanks,
A.T

 

[vikaskm]

Hey,

You have to just go few steps further to get that pcell. When you click that pcell button in your tools menu, it should open up a menubar PCELL (this will be in the line of the other menus 'option', 'connectivity' , routing etc.) Then you can draw your basic pcell and use the stretch commands to compile to a pcell. These details can be found in the cadence pcell reference manual by cadence.

If you are hoping to pop up a pcell on clicking the button...hard luck !

Vikas

 

[dasong]

you can directly instance it from the lib