OpenAccess C++ API Programmers Guide

This guide is for programmers who are developing new applications, or converting existing applications, to run in the OpenAccess environment. This guide assumes that you have a working knowledge of application programming using the C++ programming language. The OpenAccess C++ API Programmers Guide consists of the following sections:

Introduction	Technology Databases
OpenAccess Overview	Using Technology Databases
API Packages	Deriving Layers and Performing Layer Operations
API Programming Examples
Compatibility for OpenAccess Applications and Data	Process Rules and Constraints
Getting Started—A HelloWorld Example	Creating and Modeling Process Rules and Constraints
OpenAccess Classes	Built-in Constraint Definitions
Glossary
	Connectivity
Fundamentals	Understanding Logical Connectivity
Extending the Database	Defined Connections
Using Group Definitions	Global Nets
OpenAccess Observers	OpenAccess Hierarchy Domains
Thread Safety
	Physical Design
Names	Understanding Routes
Name Mapping	Physical Routing Segments (Orthogonal or Diagonal)
Deriving Your Own Namespace	Modeling Parasitics in OpenAccess
	Using Transforms
Libraries	Representing Vias in OpenAccess
OpenAccess Libraries and Design Management (DM)	Standard Via Parameters
Turbo DM System
FileSys DM System	Pcells and Plug-Ins
File Usage by OpenAccess Databases	Region Query Plug-In Architecture
	Support for Pcells
Design Databases	Implementing Pcells Through Tcl
Undo and Redo Use Models in OpenAccess
oaDesign Observer Notification, Binding, and Loading	Change Management System (CMS)
	Change Management System (CMS)
Beyond the C++ API	Creating Schema Definitions
Tcl Bindings for OpenAccess APIs	Traversing and Iterating Schema Definition Objects
A Typical Design Translation Flow and Related Issues