NAME

       GENLIB_PLACE - place a physical instance in the current figure at absolute coordinates

SYNOPSYS

       #include <genlib.h>
       void GENLIB_PLACE(modelname, insname, symetry, x, y)
       char ∗modelname, ∗insname;
       char symetry;
       long x,y;

PARAMETERS

       modelname           Name of the layout figure to be instanciated

       insname             Name to be given to the instance on the model

       symetry             Geometrical  operation  to  be performed on the instance before beeing
                           placed

       x, y                Coordinates of the lower left  corner  of  the  abutment  box  on  the
                           instance in the current figure

DESCRIPTION

       PLACE  add  an instance in the current layout cell. The bottom left corner of the instance
       of the model modelname is placed, after  beeing  symetrized  and/or  rotated,  at  (x,  y)
       coordinates.   The  placed  instance  becomes  the  new  "reference instance", used in the
       relative placement functions.
       The insname is the name given to the instance and must be  unique  at  a  given  hierarchy
       level.
       The symetry argument can take eight legal values :

       NOSYM               no geometrical operation is performed

       SYM_Y               Y becomes -Y, that means toward X axe symetry

       SYM_X               X becomes -X, that means toward Y axe symetry

       SYMXY               X becomes -X, Y becomes -Y

       ROT_P               a positive 90 degrees rotation take place

       ROT_M               a negative 90 degrees rotation take place

       SY_RP               Y becomes -Y, and then a positive 90 degrees rotation take place

       SY_RM               Y becomes -Y, and then a negative 90 degrees rotation take place

       The model of the figure to be placed must be available, on disk or in memory.  The path to
       the library is  specified  in  the  MBK_CATA_LIB  (1)  and  MBK_WORK_LIB  (1)  environment
       variables, and its format is given by the MBK_IN_PH (1) environment variable.

ERRORS

       "GENLIB_PLACE impossible : missing GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG"
              No  figure  has  been yet specified by a call to DEF_PHFIG. So it isn't possible to
              place an instance inside it.  you must  call  DEF_PHFIG  before  any  other  layout
              action.
       "illegal addphins : transformation is x in insname"
              The symetry parameter is not one of the define given, but has the integer value x.

EXAMPLE

       #include <genlib.h>
       main()
       {
            /∗ Create a figure to work on  ∗/
            GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG("cell");
            /∗ Place two instances ∗/
            GENLIB_PLACE("gapg0_b","ins1", NOSYM, 0L, 0L);
            GENLIB_PLACE("gapg8_b","ins2", SYM_X, 80L, 100L);
            /∗ Save all that on disk ∗/
            GENLIB_SAVE_PHFIG();
       }

SEE ALSO

       genlib(1),       GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG(3),      GENLIB_SAVE_PHFIG(3),      GENLIB_PLACE_TOP(3),
       GENLIB_PLACE_BOTTOM(3),  GENLIB_PLACE_LEFT(3),   GENLIB_PLACE_RIGHT(3),   MBK_CATA_LIB(1),
       MBK_WORK_LIB(1), MBK_IN_PH(1).