CTC 212 - Lecture 11 (Cells & Cell Libraries)

Placing Cells

Download Cell Libraries

Arch Patterns / Area Patterns / Civil Engineering

Attaching a Cell Library

 Element, Cells, File, Attach

Place Active Cell

 Box 1-Places active cell (LT1)

--Active or Relative Placement

Active Placement (cell placed on levels on which originally drawn)

Relative (cell element on the lowest level is placed on the active level and other cell levels are shifted)

Place Active Cell Matrix

Box 2-Places active cell in a matrix

Select & Place Cell

Box 3-Select an existing cell and place it

Identify Cell

Box 5-Displays name of cell that's in the design file

Place Active Line Terminator

Box 6-Places a line terminator at end of line (try LT1)

Replace Cell

Box 7-Replaces cell with cell of same name-use for updating cells

 

Creating A New Cell Library

Creating a new Cell Library

Element, Cells, File, New 

Step 1-Specify seed file

Seed2d.cel for 2d cells; seed3d.cel for 3d cells

Step 2-Specify name and directory of cell library

 

Step 3-Click OK button

Closes dialog box and creates new cell library

 

Creating New Cells

To consider before starting

Working units, cell rotation, cell origin

Step 1-Draw the elements

Seed2d.cel for 2d cells; seed3d.cel for 3d cells

Step 2-Group elements by fence or element selection

 

Step 3-Define Cell origin (Box 4)

Box 4 of cell subpalette. A temporary "O" is placed

Step 4-Click create button

Element, Cells

Step 5-Enter name

Use short, descriptive name

Step 6-Enter description

Give more detail on cell

Step 7-Enter cell type

Graphic (keeps attributes, levels, and keypoints of its elements); Point (uses active attributes/level and uses global origin as keypoint)

Step 8-Click Create

 

 

Cell Housekeeping

Drop complex status

Tools, Drop-Box 2

Fast Cells View

Settings, View Attributes - Turn on/off fast cells view

 

Library Housekeeping 

Edit cell name/desc. (10-38)

Element, Cells, Edit Button

Deleting cell from library (10-39)

Element, Cells, Delete Button

Compressing Library (10-39)

Element, Cells, File, Compresss

Creating a New Version of Cell (10-40)

Basic steps are to place cell, drop complex status, revise cell, and put new revised cell back into cell library