NAME

       GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG - open a layout model as current figure

SYNOPSYS

       #include <genlib.h>
       void GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG(cellname)
       char ∗cellname;

PARAMETERS

       cellname            Name of the cell which all futher calls to genlib physical functions will work on

DESCRIPTION

       DEF_PHFIG  defines the current physical working figure by it's name, the cellname argument. It can be use
       anywhere in the genlib program, but must appear at least once at the top of it, since it  also  initalize
       the user's preferences through environment variables.
       If  the  figure called cellname doesn't exists in memory, it is created.  If it already exists in memory,
       it makes it the current working figure.  DEF_PHFIG doesn't look on disk for the figure  cellname,  so  be
       careful not to overwrite an existing file while saving later on.

EXAMPLE

       #include <genlib.h>
       main()
       {
            /∗ Create a figure to work on  ∗/
            GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG("mycell");
            /∗ Place an instance ∗/
            GENLIB_PLACE("mymodel","firstinstance", NOSYM,0L,0L);
            /∗ Save all that on disk ∗/
            GENLIB_SAVE_PHFIG();
       }

SEE ALSO

       genlib(1), GENLIB_DEF_PHSC(3).