Magic Tutorial3 : Other Tips in Magic

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Operations on the Selection
1. upsidedown
  See Fig 1.
  Select objects to upsidedown.
  ":upsidedown"
  See Fig 2.
2. sideways
  See Fig 2.
  Select objects to flips sideways.
  ":sideways"
  See Fig 3.
3. clockwise [degrees]
  See Fig 3.
  Select objects to rotate clockwise, leaving the lower-left corner of the new selection at the same place as the lower-left corner of the old selection.
  degree must be a multiple of 90, and defaults to 90.
  ":clockwise"
  See Fig 4.
  ":clockwise 180"
  See Fig 5.
Delete Labels
1. erase label
  See Fig 6.
  There are several ways to erase a label. One way is to use ":erase label" command. This will erase all labels that lie completely within the area of the box.
  ":erase label"
  See Fig 7.
2. another method
  See Fig 8.
  Make the box into a cross on top of the label, then click the middle button with the cursor over empty space. Technically, this will erase all paint layers and label too. However, since the box has zero area, erasing paint has no effect. Only label is erased.
  See Fig 9.
Some Utilities
1. box
  See Fig 10.
  ":box" command prints out the size and location of the box in case you would like to measure something in your layout.
  ":box"
  Box height: 4, width: 4 Edit cell coordinates: ll=(3, -11) ur=(7, -7)
  Indicates that ndiffusion contact has 4x4 size.
2. what
  See Fig 11.
  ":what" command will print out information about what's selected. This may be helpful if you're not sure what layer a particular piece of material is, or what layer a particular label is attatched to.
  ":what"
  Selected mask layers: metal1 Selected label(s): "in" is attached to metal1 in cell tut9y
  Indicates that metal1 layer with label "in" is selected.
3. "."
  One of the macros, ".", has special meaning in Magic. This macro is always defined by the system to be the last long command you typed. (not shortkey).

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