Create Bus Guide
Create Bus Guide
createBusGuide
[-help]
-netGroup netGrpName
-layer {id | id1:id2}
{[{-centerLine { x1 y1 x2 y2 } -width value } [-beginExt value ] [-
endExt value ]] | -rect { x1 y1 x2 y2 }}
Create bus guides associated with net groups, to guide routing for all the nets of the specified net
group. You can create horizontal, vertical, and 45-degree bus guide segments. 45-degree bus
guides are required for flip chip routing.
Use this command after defining a net group that will be associated with the new bus guide
segment.
After a bus guide is created, you can modify its layer or width later by using
the update_bus_guide command.
Parameters
-help Prints a brief description that includes type and default
information for each createBusGuide parameter.
For a detailed description of the command and all of its
parameters, use the man command:
man createBusGuide .
-beginExt value Specifies the value, in microns, by which the bus guide segment is
to be extended in the beginning.
-centerLine x1 y1 x2 y2
-endExt value Specifies the value, in microns, by which the bus guide segment is
to be extended in the end.
-layer Specifies the routing layer constraint honored by the router.
{ id | id1 :id2 } Icon
Routing done on non-preferred routing layers or on layers which
are not part of the specified layer constraint can have high cost
implications
-netGroupnetGrpName Specifies the name of the net group that will be associated with
the new bus guide segment that you are creating.
-rect { x1 y1 x2 Specifies the lower-left and upper-right coordinates of the
y2 } rectangle formed by the bus guide segment.
-width value Specifies the width, in microns, of the bus guide segment that you
are creating.
Example
The following command creates a horizontal bus guide segment whose width is 120 microns,
and layer constraint is from METAL4 to METAL8:
createBusGuide -netGroup netGroup1 -centerLine 4421.8 10749.36 4960.8
10749.36 -width 120 -layer METAL4:METAL8
The following command creates a bus guide segment whose lower-left coordinate is at pt { 464
1240 } and upper-right coordinate is at pt { 528 1260 } for the net group test and with a layer
constraint of Metal1 to Metal4:
createBusGuide -netGroup test -layer {1:4} -rect {464 1240 528 1260}
The following command creates a 45-degree bus guide segment:
createBusGuide -netGroup test3Group -centerLine 400 500 450 550 -width 20 -
layer {METAL7:METAL8}