APPENDIX

HELP RESOURCES:

All Cadence help files(*.pdf) referenced in the following section can be found at /home/cadence/ic50/doc at the VLSI lab.

ABOUT USING THE MOUSE:

When no command is issued, the left mouse button is used for selecting components. You can use SHIFT to add to the selection, ctrl to remove from the selection. You can also draw a box around the components you wish to select.
It's a good practice to deselect all components (ctrl-d) once you finish each command, so that there are no unwanted changes.

When in doubt about the function of the mouse, look at the bottom of the CIW or schematic window: there's a line indicating the function of each mouse button (mouse L,M,R):

Active command and mouse buttons

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS:

These are for the schematic and symbol editing windows only:



Most important keys:

ESC - Cancel command
^d - Deselect all

Add component:

i

Add wire label:

l

Add wire:

w

Add pin:

p

Copy:

c

Check and Save:

X

Delete:

del

Edit properties:

q

Fit:

f

Hierarchy->Descend:

E

Hierarchy->Return:

^e

Move:

M

Redraw:

F6

Redo:

U

Rotate:

r

Stretch:

m

Undo:

u

Zoom in:

z

Zoom in by 2:

[

Zoom out by 2:

]


These are the default shortcut keys. If you would like to change any of them, you can do it by editing the file 'schBindKeys.il' in your project directory, and then loading it into Cadence by typing 'loadi schBindKeys.il' in the CIW.