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<TITLE>Magic-7.3 Command Reference</TITLE>
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<H2>plot</H2>
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Hardcopy plotting
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<H3>Usage:</H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<B>plot</B> <I>option</I> <BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
where <I>option</I> may be one of the following:
<DL>
<DT> <B>postscript</B> <I>file</I> [<I>layers</I>]
<DD> Generate a PostScript file of layout underneath the box.
<DT> <B>pnm</B> <I>file</I> [<I>scale</I> [<I>layers</I>]]
<DD> Generate a <TT>.pnm</TT> ("portable anymap") file of
layout underneath the box. The output size is propotional
to <I>scale</I>, where a scale of 1 is one output pixel per
<B>magic</B> internal unit. The default <I>scale</I>
value, if unspecified, is 0.5.
<DT> <B>parameters</B> [<I>name value</I>]
<DD> Set or print out plotting parameters (see Summary below).
<DT> <B>help</B>
<DD> Print help information
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<H3>Summary:</H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
The <B>plot</B> command generates hardcopy plots of a layout.
The use of <B>plot</B> for any particular output format requires
that the parameters of the format be defined in the <B>plot</B>
section of the technology file. However, from magic-7.3.56, the
PNM handler will create a default set of output styles from the
existing layout styles for the technology. This makes <B>plot
pnm</B> compatible with <I>all</I> technology files, regardless
of whether or not a section exists for "<B>style pnm</B>". <P>
Each <B>plot</B> format has its own set of parameters, but all
parameters are controlled with the <B>plot parameters</B> option.
Valid parameters and their defaults are as follows:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
General parameters:
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<TR> <TD> <I>parameter name</I> </TD><TD> <I>default value</I> </TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>showCellNames</B> </TD><TD> <B>true</B> </TD> </TR>
</TABLE>
PostScript parameters:
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<TR> <TD> <I>parameter name</I> </TD><TD> <I>default value</I> </TD>
<TD> <I>explanation</I> </TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_cellIdFont</B> </TD><TD> <B>/Helvetica</B> </TD>
<TD> Font used for writing cell use IDs</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_cellNameFont</B> </TD><TD> <B>/HelveticaBold</B> </TD>
<TD> Font used for writing cell definition names</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_labelFont</B> </TD><TD> <B>/Helvetica</B> </TD>
<TD> Font used for writing label text</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_cellIdSize</B> </TD><TD> <B>8</B> </TD>
<TD> Font size for writing cell use IDs (in points)</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_cellNameSize</B> </TD><TD> <B>12</B> </TD>
<TD> Font size for writing cell definition names (in points)</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_labelSize</B> </TD><TD> <B>12</B> </TD>
<TD> Font size for writing label text (in points)</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_boundary</B> </TD><TD> <B>true</B> </TD>
<TD> Whether to draw boundaries around layers in addition to
fill patterns</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_width</B> </TD><TD> <B>612 (8.5in)</B> </TD>
<TD> Page width of the target output</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_height</B> </TD><TD> <B>792 (11in)</B> </TD>
<TD> Page height of the target output</TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>PS_margin</B> </TD><TD> <B>72 (1in)</B> </TD>
<TD> Minimum margin to allow on all sides of the output page</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
PNM parameters:
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<TR> <TD> <I>parameter name</I> </TD><TD> <I>default value</I> </TD>
<TD> <I>explanation</I> </TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>pnmmaxmem</B> </TD><TD> <B>65536</B> </TD>
<TD>Maximum memory (in KB) to use to generate output. Larger
values allow larger chunks of the layout to be processed
at a time. Normally, anything larger than the default
will just take a long time to render, so it's better
to leave it alone and let the <B>plot pnm</B> routine
downsample the image to fit in memory if the size
of the layout requires it.</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>pnmbackground</B> </TD><TD> <B>255</B> </TD>
<TD>Value of the background, where 0=black and 255=white.
White is default to match the printed page, which is
where the plots usually end up. A value of 200 is
approximately the default background color in <B>magic</B>.
</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD> <B>pnmdownsample</B> </TD><TD> <B>0</B> </TD>
<TD>Number of bits to downsample the original layout.
In the first pass, one pixel is generated for each
<I>n</I> magic internal units in each of x and y,
where <I>n</I> is the downsampling value.
Each downsampling bit therefore represents a factor
of 4 in decreased computation time.
Generally speaking, downsampling causes information to
be lost in the translation from layout to the PNM file.
However, if the grid has been scaled from the original
lambda, then downsampling up to the scale factor will
have no impact on the output other than speeding up
the rendering (because the minimum feature size is
still in lambda, so no feature will be overstepped by
the downsampling). For example, for a grid scaling
of 1:10 the proper downsampling would be 3 bits.
Note that layouts that are too large for the allocated
memory blocksize <B>pnmmaxmem</B> will force
downsampling regardless of the value of
<B>pnmdownsample</B>. </TD> </TR>
</TABLE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
PostScript plotting is best suited for drawing small layouts with
relatively few components. PNM plotting is best suited for drawing
large layouts. For chip-size layouts, the PNM plots are virtually
identical to chip photographs. From magic version 7.3.56, plotting
PNM files requires no special entries in the technology file.
Although such entries can fine-tune the output, this is usually
not necessary. Also, since version 7.3.56, magic makes intelligent
decisions about memory usage, so it's generally not necessary to
change the PNM plot parameters.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<H3>Implementation Notes:</H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<B>plot</B> is implemented as a built-in command in <B>magic</B>. <P>
Original plot styles <B>versatec</B> and <B>gremlin</B> have been
removed, but shells of the code are retained so that magic doesn't
complain when encountering styles for these types in a technology
file.
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<P><I>Last updated:</I> December 4, 2005 at 3:24pm <P>
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