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<H2>drc</H2>
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Background design rule checker control and status.
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<H3>Usage:</H3>
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<B>drc</B> <I>option</I> <BR><BR>
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where <I>option</I> is one of the following:
<DL>
<DT> <B>catchup</B>
<DD> Run checker and wait for it to complete
<DT> <B>check</B>
<DD> Recheck area under box in all cells
<DT> <B>count</B> [<B>total</B>]
<DD> Count error tiles in each cell under box. Option <B>total</B>
returns the total number of DRC error tiles in the cell.
<DT> <B>euclidean on</B>|<B>off</B>
<DD> Enable/disable Euclidean geometry checking
<DT> <B>find</B> [<I>nth</I>]
<DD> Locate next (or <I>nth</I>) error in current cell
<DT> <B>help</B>
<DD> Print help information
<DT> <B>off</B>
<DD> Turn off background checker
<DT> <B>on</B>
<DD> Reenable background checker
<DT> <B>status</B>
<DD> Report whether the background checker is on or off.
<DT> <B>printrules</B> [<I>file</I>]
<DD> Print out design rules in <I>file</I> or to <TT>stdout</TT>
<DT> <B>rulestats</B>
<DD> Print out statistics about design rule database
<DT> <B>statistics</B>
<DD> Print out statistics gathered by checker
<DT> <B>why</B>
<DD> Print out reasons for errors under box
<DT> <B>*halo</B> [<I>value</I>]
<DD> Without option <I>value</I>, prints out the DRC halo distance,
which is the largest distance at which a DRC interaction can
occur outside of any area to be checked. Becuase large DRC
haloes can cause very long delays in the interactive DRC
checks, it can be helpful to use <I>value</I> to force a
smaller halo. This causes certain DRC errors to be missed,
but allows all the basic short-distance design rules to be
checked without undue processing delays.
<DT> <B>*stepsize</B> [<I>value</I>]
<DD> The step size is the length of a side of the area into which
the DRC checker routine breaks up larger areas for more
efficient processing. Changing this value can greatly
effect the speed of the DRC checker, although it is
difficult to predict what step size is "optimal". Without
option <I>value</I>, returns the current value of the
step size.
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<H3>Summary:</H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
The <B>drc</B> command controls the behavior of magic's "background"
design rule checker. Normally the design rule checker is invoked
whenever the design is changed and checks all parts of the design
close to the changed area that might have been affected by the
change. The design rule checker flags areas that have been checked
as it runs. It starts whenever a layout change has been made or
after any command has been executed if areas of the layout still
need to be checked. Any macro keystroke in the layout window or
command executed on the command line will interrupt the design
rule checker pending completion of the action, at which time
the design rule checker will be reactivated. <P>
The <B>drc on</B> and <B>drc off</B> options are the main controls
for starting and stopping the design rule checker. <B>drc status</B>
returns the status of the background checker, either "on" or "off".
The Tcl version of magic returns a boolean value (0 or 1). <P>
The <B>drc check</B> option marks all areas of the layout under the
box as requiring a check and restarts the design rule checker. <P>
The <B>drc why</B> and <B>drc find</B> commands can be used to
query errors in the layout discovered by the design rule checker.
<B>drc why</B> reports the reason for all error regions found
inside the <B>magic</B> cursor box. The <B>drc find</B> command
can be used to find errors that may not be visible inside the
current window view, or that may be difficult to find on a large
layout. <P>
The <B>drc euclidean on</B> command can be useful in cases where
vendor design rules intend a Euclidean distance metric (minimum
linear distance) rather than a Manhattan distance metric (minimum
distance in either the <B>x</B> or <B>y</B> direction, evaluated
separately). The default option is "off", as most vendor rules
and design rule checkers assume Manhattan distances when checking
rules. <P>
The remaining options are relativly obscure and unlikely to be
useful to the typical end-user.</P>
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<H3>Implementation Notes:</H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<B>drc</B> is implemented as a built-in <B>magic</B> command.
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