Physical Mode Properties

There are a few properties that may be applied to physical cells or objects in support of certain Xic features.

Flags Property: Property number 7105
This property can be be applied to physical cells. The property string can take one of two forms: a hex number, or a space-separated list of string tokens. The tokens and corresponding bits are

Bit	Keyword	Description
		When set, the cell is ``opaque'' with regard to
0	OPAQUE	extraction. The cell will look like a black box
		with terminals.
1	CONNECTOR	Not implemented, don't use.
2	USER0
3	USER1
4	USER2	User flags, not used by Xic. These flags may be
5	USER3	useful to the user.
6	USER4
7	USER5

This property can be set in physical mode with the Cell Properties editor.

When the ExtractOpaque variable is set, the OPAQUE flag is ignored.

The remaining properties support template cells.

Template Name Property: Property number 7197
This property is assigned by Xic to cells and instances derived from template cells. It provides the name of the template cell from which the current cell was derived.

Template Params Property: Property number 7198
This property is assigned by the user to template cells. It contains a list of parameter assignments to provide default values to the template cell. Instances and masters obtained from the template will also contain this property, assigned by Xic, containing the actual parameter values used for instantiation.

Template Script Property: Property number 7199
This property is assigned by the user to template cells. It contains the script which is executed when the template cell is instantiated.