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ImpressumKLayoutQuickstartManualThisusermanualisbriefrecipe-typedescriptionofhowtousetheKLayoutlayoutviewer.Thefirstsectiondescribesthemainwindow.Furthersectionsdescribesimpleusecasesoftheviewerstartingfromscratch:MainwindowLoadingafileManagingthepanelsandloadedlayoutsChoosingacellChoosingahierarchydepthHidingcellsConfiguringthecelllistZoomingintothelayoutReturntoapreviousviewstateBookmarkingviewsDescendingintoacellwithcontextChoosingalayercolorBringinglayerstothefrontorpushingthemtothebackTellingusedfromunusedlayersChoosingafillpatternAnimatinglayersChangingthedisplaystyleChangingthelayervisibilityOrganizinglayershierarchicallyUsingmultiplelayerpropertiessetupswithtabsRemovingandaddinglayerstothelayersetTransformingviewsandpropertyselectorsSpecifyingexplicithierarchylevelsforonelayeroralayergroupLoadingandsavingthelayersetsCreatingascreenshotDoingmeasurementsRulerpropertiesAddingimagesBrowsingshapesPage1of21KLayoutLayoutViewerAndEditor6/21/2011BrowsinginstancesThemarkerbrowserSelectingrulers,shapesorinstancesMoreconfigurationoptionsUndoandredoSavingalayoutorpartsofitSavingandrestoringasessionMainwindowThemainwindowisdividedintothreeparts:theleftpanelisthehierarchybrowserwhichdepictsthecellhierarchy.Cellnodescanbeexpandedshowingthechildnodes.Thecellselectedinthecellbrowserisshowninthecenterpanel.Thecenterpanelistheactualcanvas.There,thelayoutisdrawn.Clicktheretozoomortodrawrulersformeasuringdistances.Therightpanelisshowingthelayerlistwiththelayerdrawingstyle.Belowasetofcontrolpanelsislocated.Thecontrolpanelsareminimizedperdefault.Theycanbeexpandedbyclickingontheheaderbar.Severalcontrolpanelsareavailableallowingtocontrolcolors,fillanddrawingstylesetc.Selectoneormanylayersinthelayerlisttoapplytheselectionsfromthecontrolpanelsto.Multiplelayoutscanbeshownatonce.Eithertheycanbeoverlayedortheycanbeshowninseparateviews.Inthiscase,atabpanelappearsattopofthemainwindow.Switchbetweentheviewsbyselectingthetab.LoadingafileIntheFilemenu,chooseOpentoclosethecurrentviewandopenanewlayoutinsteadofthecurrentlyloadedoneOpeninSamePaneltoopenanewlayoutinadditiontothecurrentlyloadedoneOpeninNewPaneltoopenanewlayoutinanewviewEitherway,afileselectiondialogwillappearwhereafilecanbechosenforloading.AfterchoosingthefileandclickingOk,thefileisloaded.Theprogramwillautomaticallydeterminethetypeofthefile.Currently,Page2of21KLayoutLayoutViewerAndEditor6/21/2011:Confinethereadertoacertainsetoflayers.Allotherlayersarenotread.Disablereadingoftextobjects.Disablereadingoftextobjectstoreducethememoryconsumptionifyouareinterestedinpuregeometricalinformation.Disablereadingofproperties.Ifpropertiesarenotrequired,thememoryconsumptioncanbereducedbydisablingtheproperties.CertainGDSspecificoptionswhichmainlycontrolthelevelofcompatibilitywithothertools.ManagingthepanelsandloadedlayoutsChooseCloseintheFilemenutoremovealayoutofapanelandclosethepanelunlesstherearestilllayoutsloaded.Ifmultiplelayoutsareintothecurrentpanel,adialogappears.Thisallowstoselectoneormanylayoutsforclosing.ChooseClonefromtheFilemenutoduplicateapanel.Anewpanelwillbecreatedthatisanexactcopyofthecurrentone.Both,thecurrentandthenewpanelareviewstothesamelayout.Thisway,onlyonecopyofthelayoutisheldinmemory.ChooseReloadfromtheFilemenutoreloadafileifthecontentshavechanged.Thisdoesnothappenautomatically.ChoosePullInOtherLayouttocombineotherlayoutsalreadyloadedintothecurrentpanel.Basically,KLayoutallowstoviewalayoutinmultiplepanels,eitheronit'sownindifferentconfigurationsortogetherwithotherlayouts.PullInOtherLayoutallowstoconfigureapaneltoshowanotherlayoutwhichhasbeenloadedintoanotherpanel.Inthatsenseit'sthereverseofclosingonelayoutfromapanelshowingmultiplelayouts.ChoosingacellToshowacertaincell,selectthecellinthecellhierarchyinhierarchybrowsertotheleft.Then,right-clickinthecelltreetobringupthecontextmenuandchooseShowastoporsimplyselectthecellwiththemiddlemousebutton.Toselectacellbyname,chooseSelectCellintheDisplaymenu.APage3of21KLayoutLayoutViewerAndEditor6/21/2011FullHierarchyfromtheDisplaymenuorpressthe*keytoshowallhierarchylevelsBoxOnlyfromtheDisplaymenuorpressthe0keytoshowonlytheboundingbox(thedefault)TopLevelOnlyfromtheDisplaymenuorpressthe1keytoshowthetoplevelelementsIncrementHierarchyfromtheDisplaymenuorpressthe+keytosh