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GENLIB_PLACE_VIA_REF.3(October 1, 1997) GENLIB_PLACE_VIA_REF.3(October 1, 1997)

NAME

GENLIB_PLACE_VIA_REF - put a via on top of a reference belonging to an instance in the current figure

SYNOPSYS

#include <genlib.h>
void GENLIB_PLACE_VIA_REF(insname, refname, viatype)
char  ∗insname, ∗refname;
char viatype;

ORIGIN

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France.

Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

PARAMETERS

Name of the instance in the which the reference is to be searched for
Name of the reference to be used as target point
Type of via to be placed

DESCRIPTION

PLACE_VIA_REF places a via of type viatype on top of the specified reference, refname, in the instance called insname. This function may be used to generate many cells from a single one, in order to "program" decoders for example, or in conjuction with PLACE_SEG_REF(3) or PLACE_CON_REF(3) to translate virtual connectors into fixed ones.
The viatype argument may take the following legal values:

links POLY and ALU1
links NDIF and ALU1
links PDIF and ALU1
links NTIE and ALU1
links PTIE and ALU1
links ALU1 and ALU2
links ALU2 and ALU3

ERRORS

"GENLIB_PLACE_VIA_REF impossible : missing GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG"

No figure has been yet specified by a call to DEF_PHFIG. So it isn't possible to place a reference inside it. you must call DEF_PHFIG before any other layout action.
"illegal getphins : instance insname does not exist"
The instance called insname does not currently belong to the figure.
"illegal getphref : references called refname does not exist"
No reference called refname exists in the model of the instance insname.

EXAMPLE

#include <genlib.h>
main()
{
	/∗ Create a figure to work on  ∗/
	GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG("cell");
	GENLIB_PLACE("gaci0_b", "r1", NOSYM, 23L, 54L);
	/∗ Put a reference ∗/
	GENLIB_PLACE_VIA_REF("a_0", "r1", CONT_VIA);
	/∗ Save that on disk ∗/
	GENLIB_SAVE_PHFIG();
}

SEE ALSO

dpr(1), genlib(1), GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG(3), GENLIB_SAVE_PHFIG(3), GENLIB_PHREF(3), GENLIB_PHVIA(3), GENLIB_COPY_UP_REF(3), GENLIB_COPY_UP_ALL_REF(3), GENLIB_PLACE_CON_REF(3), GENLIB_PLACE_SEG_REF(3), GENLIB_PLACE_VIA_REF(3).

BUG REPORT

This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM/LIP6 PROCEDURAL GENERATION LANGUAGE