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The Edit Menu: Edit Layout

The Edit Menu contains commands which control aspects of layout editing, such as transformations and other settings, and commands that bring up panels that control cell placement and flattening, property editing, and other functions.

The table below summarizes the commands that appear in the Edit Menu, including the internal command name and the command function.

Edit Menu
Label Name Pop-up Function
Enable Editing cedit none Enable/disable editing mode for current cell
Constrain 45 ang45 none Constrain angles
Merge Boxes, Polys merge none New boxes/polys merge with existing boxes/polys
Merge, Clip Boxes Only noply none When merging, boxes are clipped/merged, polys ignored
Current Transform xform Current Transform Set current transform
Place place Cell Placement Control Place subcells
Create Cell crcel none Create new cell
Flatten flatn Flatten Hierarchy Flatten hierarchy
Join join Join Boxes, Polygons Control join/split operations
Layer Expression lexpr Evaluate Layer Expression Control layer expression evaluation
Properties prpty Property Editor Edit properties
Cell Properties cprop Cell Property Editor Edit cell properties



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Stephen R. Whiteley 2012-04-01