


MAKEBOXL(1ICD)		     4/22/86		   MAKEBOXL(1ICD)



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     makeboxl - expand a cell linearly to boxes

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     mmmmaaaakkkkeeeebbbbooooxxxxllll [-H] [-L] [-cL] [-d[N]] [-v] [-wXl,Xr,Yb,Yt] cell

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     ----HHHH      Perform a mixed linear/hierarchical expansion, i.e.
	     expand only the sub-cells that are macros.

     ----LLLL      Expand only Local cells.

     ----ccccL     Select check level 'L' (positive integer value).
	     The check level specifies the level of the lowest
	     cell which is included in the expansion (default:
	     all cells are included (maximum level)).
	     Level 0 means, only the bounding box and terminals
	     of the top cell.  Level 1 means, the primitives of
	     the top cell and only the bounding boxes and termi-
	     nals of the called cells.

     ----dddd[N]   Discretization, 'N' samples per lambda (default: 8).

     ----vvvv      Verbose mode.

     ----wwwwXl,Xr,Yb,Yt
	     Select a partial expansion window.  The window coor-
	     dinates (integer values) must be specified as one
	     argument (no blanks are allowed).	Xl,Xr,Yb,Yt are
	     respectively the left and right X-coordinates, and
	     bottom and top Y-coordinates (default: the expansion
	     window is the cell bounding box).

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     _M_a_k_e_b_o_x_l takes the internal database description of the cell
     and converts it to boxes.

     Unless the option -H is used, _m_a_k_e_b_o_x_l expands the cell
     _l_i_n_e_a_r_l_y, i.e. the cell and all lower cells up to an user
     controlled limit to boxes.  If an expansion window is speci-
     fied, only the boxes in that window are expanded.

     The cell argument is the cell name and must be the last
     argument.	The current working directory must be the project
     directory.  _M_a_k_e_b_o_x_l creates a special file "exp_dat", which
     contains the name of the cell which is expanded.

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     J. Annevelink, S. de Graaf

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     proj_dir/.dmrc		      (input file)



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MAKEBOXL(1ICD)		     4/22/86		   MAKEBOXL(1ICD)



     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/box	      (input file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/mc	      (input file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/nor	      (input file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/term	      (input file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/info	      (in/output file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/spec	      (output file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/tid	      (output file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/LC_bxx      (output files) LC=LayerCode
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/LC_nxx      (output files)
     proj_dir/exp_dat		      (output file)

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     exp(1ICD), macro(1ICD), makevln(1ICD).










































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