Combining graphics and a layout language in a single interactive system

Authors:
Stephen Trimberger
Affiliations:
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Venue:
DAC '81 Proceedings of the 18th Design Automation Conference
Year:
1981

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Abstract

Layout languages provide users with the capability to algorithmically define cells. But the specification language is so non-intuitive that it is impossible to debug a design in that language, one must plot it. Interactive graphics systems, on the other hand, allow the user to debug in the form in which he sees the design; but severely restrict the language he may use to express the graphics. For example, he cannot express loops or conditionals. What is really needed is a single interactive system that combines layout language and graphic modifications to the data. This paper describes just such a system.