Nick Chiolino

Matt, thank you so very much for the super fast response. Understood. That sounds like a great work around, how would I put placement blockage under the stripes? I apologize...

Ok. So if I am understanding this correctly. This script is run every time right now for macros. So would I insert what I need into this script or create...

Excellent! I will give that a shot. Thank you very much for the support.

Before this issue is closed, would you like for me to feedback to you if it worked? I will leave that decision up to you.

The issue that I am running into right now is I dont know how to get the shape of the POWER and GROUND nets. In the macro version it sets...

I apologize for bothering you again on this but I think I need some assistance in understanding what these odb objects are doing. I tried modifying the placement_blockage.tcl script to...

Ah yes. I made a bad assumption of the order of magnitude of the box. I see it on my end now. Excellent! Thank you very much.

Thank you for helping me with that. It looks like it is sort of working but cells are still placing over that area. Is there a way to set a...

Oh sorry. Is this image better? Again, it seems to be placing standard cells over the blockage still. 

The code that is generating that blockage is being implemented in the POST_PDN.tcl file. So it is executed during the PDN step. Should the blockage exist before the PDN script?...