Layer (Masterslice)

 LAYER layerName

    TYPE MASTERSLICE ;

    [PROPERTY propName propVal ;] ...

 END layerName

MASTERSLICE layers are stored in OpenAccess as oaPhysicalLayers with the material attribute set to oacPolyMaterial. The following material types in OpenAccess are treated as type MASTERSLICE:

• oacNDiffMaterial
• oacPDiffMaterial
• oacPolyMaterial (default)
• oacOtherMaterial

The LEF properties are stored in OpenAccess using the appropriate type of oaProp. All properties used are validated against the PROPERTYDEFINITIONS at the start of the LEF file. An error is issued if an undefined property is used.

See PROPERTIES.