[Indigo]<Chipndale>documentation>cd16.tioga!4

-- /indigo/chipndale/documentation/cd16.tioga

-- Ch. Jacobi June 7, 1984 4:48:40 pm PDT

Chipndale Version 0.16 Release

Runs on Cedar 5.2

DF files

/indigo/chipndale/5.2/top/<name of df file>

cddoc.df DOCUMENTATION

cddesign.df FOR DESIGNERS

cd16.df current technology independent release, used by clients and implementors

nmos16.df current nmos release, used by clients and implementors

cmos16.df ...

chipnsil16.df

vplot16.df

colorvplot16.df

cornerstitching16.df

New TIP Table (now for cmos only) exists, is not yet default

All commands (except input of names, text) can be typed without removing the right hand from the mouse.

Easy to remember commands: Discard the meaning of the letter, but associate function with row and column position of key.

PROBLEM:

The reason I made the new tiptable was: I would like to write the documentation only once, for the final tiptable. Therefore: Since this tiptable is a try and not yet final at all, I will NOT write documentation for it now.

I will not delete the old tiptable, unless the new one gets at least some documentation. However, the df file cddesign might bringover only one tiptable.

Interfaces

CDMarks

improved comments

CDDialogue

replaced by CDViewer

CDViewer

New procedures RemoveArrow, ShowArrow to handle the Arrow

New procedure FindDesign

CDConditions

renaming of parameters to make more sense for designers, at cost of clients

CDExtras

New procedures MergeIn, MergeInObjects serves copying objects from one design to another.

procedures Cellize, PopToTopLevel used internally

CDApplications

New procedures SplitPointed

CDCommands

New procedures MovePointed, CopyPointed

CDCells

New procedures RemoveApplication and IncludeApplication

CDOps

New procedure ResetDesign

CDDirectory

Runtime-test included: an object is in the directory of at most one design

CDProperties

Properties have exclusive flag; exclusive properties can not be modified by a designer directly, but only by client programs

Documentation

Improved but very incomplete. File: Chipndale16.tioga, but for old tiptable

Implementation

IO Modules split: new module CDIOCommands; Include now uses CDExtras.MergeIn

All command modules get CD prefix

Bug corrected (copy of nwell, buried contacts with nwell,...)