Chip Design Rule
Overview
Chip design rules are used by a chip
design to render a chip graphically on the screen. A chip design will have multiple rules. Each rule layers a new component of the chip's look on the rendered image.
The chip design rules available for use include:
- Circle: Draws a filled circle with the circle centered in the middle of the image. You control:
- The diameter of the circle
- The color of the circle
- Diamond Ring: Draws a ring of diamonds (actually circles). This rule was created primarly to assist with drawing the "super diamond" chip, but has other uses. You control:
- The diameter of the ring onto which the diamonds are centered
- The color of the diamonds
- The number of diamonds (they will be spaced evenly)
- The diameter of the diamonds
- The color of the diamonds
- Rectangle: Draws a filled rectangle. This rule was created primarily to assist with drawing plaques, but has other uses. You control:
- The starting "x" coordinate
- The starting "y" coordinate
- The width
- The height
- The width of the corner arc (to round corners)
- The height of the corner arc (to round corners)
- The color of the rectangle
- Wedges: Draws circle of filled "pie wedges" that radiate from the center of a circle to its outer edge. This rule was create primarily for drawing chip edge spots, but has other uses. You control:
- The diameter of the circle containing the wedges
- The starting degree of the first wedge
- The width (in degrees) of each wedge
- The number of wedges in the circle
- The color of the wedges
Design rules are created and edited in the chip design designer.
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