Schematic Usage

Schematic Setup

Customizing Sheet Info

When editing a schematic in Cadence you can (should) add in a built-in sheet element border to each schematic view:

Edit->Sheet Size...

If you want to customize what is displayed, you can change the contents by editing (as the CAD/root user) the Asize/Bsize symbol views in the US_8ths library AND the Title symbol view.

Some possible labels to add include:

ilInst~>cellView~>cellName

This provides the name of the cell that the sheet is instantiated in.

SosGetCurrentVersion(ilInst~>cellView)

If you are using Cliosoft, this provides the revision/managed state of the cellview.

ilInst~>cellView~>fileTimeStamp

This provides the last date/time that the schematic was edited & saved.

ilInst~>cellView~>createTime

This provides the creation date for the schematic.

if(ilInst~>cellView~>modifiedButNotSaved then “True” else “False”)

Indicates whether the schematic has been modified but not saved.

dbGetPropByName(ilInst~>cellView “lastSchematicExtraction”)~>value

This returns the date that the schematic was last “checked”.

Default Shortcuts

m

Move selection

c

Copy selection

r

Rotate selection

i

Create an instance

p

Create a pin

e

Descend into a selected instance

Ctrl+e

Return up one level of hierarchy

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