Mentor v8.6_4 manual Set Instancename Visibility

Set Instancename Visibility Command Dictionary

Set Instancename Visibility

Tools Supported: DFTInsight, FastScan, and FlexTest

Scope: All modes

Prerequisites: You must first invoke the optional DFTInsight application and have it displaying instances to see the effects of this command.

Usage

SET INstancename Visibility [ON OFf] [-Full {[-Leaf leaf_levels] [-Root root_levels]}]

DFTInsight Menu Path:

Setup > Preferences: Instance Names

Description

Specifies whether DFTInsight displays instance names immediately above each instance in the Schematic View area.

The Set Instancename Visibility command also allows you to control the length of instance pathnames displayed in the schematic window. By using the -Full, -Leaf, and -Root options, you can control the number of hierarchical name elements displayed for each instance name.

You may specify the -Leaf and the -Root options together. If the total number of levels specified meets or exceeds the number of levels present in a name, then the entire name is displayed.

If any truncation is done, the “...” characters are displayed in place of the omitted name elements.

Arguments

∙ON

A literal specifying to display the instance name labels. This is the default showing full hierarchical pathnames.

∙OFf

A literal specifying to not display the instance name labels.

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