GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG.3(October 1, 1997)									       GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG.3(October 1, 1997)

NAME

       GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG - open a layout model as current figure

SYNOPSYS

       #include <genlib.h>
       void GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG(cellname)
       char *cellname;

ORIGIN

       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

PARAMETERS

       cellname 	   Name of the cell which all futher calls to genlib physical functions will work on

DESCRIPTION

       DEF_PHFIG defines the current physical working figure by it's name, the cellname argument. It can be use anywhere in  the  genlib  program,
       but must appear at least once at the top of it, since it also initalize the user's preferences through environment variables.
       If  the	figure	called	cellname doesn't exists in memory, it is created.  If it already exists in memory, it makes it the current working
       figure.	DEF_PHFIG doesn't look on disk for the figure cellname, so be careful not to overwrite an existing file while saving later on.

EXAMPLE

       #include <genlib.h>
       main()
       {
	    /* Create a figure to work on  */
	    GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG("mycell");
	    /* Place an instance */
	    GENLIB_PLACE("mymodel","firstinstance", NOSYM,0L,0L);
	    /* Save all that on disk */
	    GENLIB_SAVE_PHFIG();
       }

SEE ALSO

       genlib(1), GENLIB_DEF_PHSC(3).

BUG REPORT

       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

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					     ASIM/LIP6				       GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG.3(October 1, 1997)