As designs get bigger, the need for improved tools to navigate through the design increases. Qckvu now includes several very useful methods of displaying the data at different levels of hierarchy.

For example, many times you only wish to examine the placement of the major cells. This can now be done by instructing Qckvu to display a structure “outline” around cells at a certain level of hierarchy. You can turn all metal layers off and only see the outlines.

We’ve requested an outline around all structures at level 2.