13.33.90.1 Arguments

-timing_driven|-standard

Sets layout mode to be timing driven or standard (non-timing driven). The default is -timing_driven or the mode used in the previous layout command.

-place_incremental value

The following table shows the acceptable values for this argument:

Value

Description

off

Discards previous placement. This is the default.

on

Sets the previous placement as the initial starting point

fix

Sets the previously placed macros’ locations as "fixed" and continues to place the remaining ones