Create or Edit Active Lists dialog box

To access this dialog, from the Tools menu, click Active Lists>More Active Lists. Then click either New or Edit in the More Active Lists dialog box.

 

 

 

 

Use this dialog to either create an active list or edit the properties of one.

Name

Type a partial name for the objects to include. This field accepts wildcards.

Cell type

Enter a few letters representing the type of macro to add to the active list. For example, type GL* to add all global input buffers.

Placement filters

Select one of the following.

Fanout

Click the up and down arrows to select the minimum number of fan-outs the selected nets must contain.

Direction

Select the type of ports to include.

User region type

Select the type of region to include.

Match case

Select to search for case-sensitive occurrences of a word or phrase. This limits the search so it only locates text that matches the upper- and lowercase characters you enter.

Wildcard characters include:

Wildcard

What It Does

?

Matches any single character

*

Matches any string

/

This is the level-bordering symbol. “A/B” designates “object B, which is part of instance A.”  

List name

Type a name for this active list.

Click OK to save your changes and close this dialog box.

Click Cancel to discard any changes you made and close this dialog box.