The Edit Menu: Edit Layout

The Edit Menu contains commands which control aspects of layout editing, such as transformations and other settings, and commands that bring up panels that control cell placement and flattening, property editing, and other functions.

The table below summarizes the commands that appear in the Edit Menu, including the internal command name and the command function.

Edit Menu
Label	Name	Pop-up	Function
Enable Editing	cedit	none	Enable/disable editing mode for current cell
Setup	edset	Editing Setup	Show Editing Setup panel
PCell Control	pcctl	PCell Control	Set pcell options
Create Cell	crcel	none	Create new cell
Create Via	crvia	none	Create a standard via
Flatten	flatn	Flatten Hierarchy	Flatten hierarchy
Join/Split	join	Join or Split Objects	Control join/split operations
Layer Expression	lexpr	Evaluate Layer Expression	Control layer expression evaluation
Properties	prpty	Property Editor	Edit properties
Cell Properties	cprop	Cell Property Editor	Edit cell properties