NAME

       bigvia - draws a non minimal via as a bunch of vias

SYNOPSYS

       #include "mph.h"
       void ∗bigvia(figure, viatype, x, y, dx, dy)
       phfig_list ∗figure;
       char viatype;
       long x, y, dx, dy;

PARAMETERS

       figure              Pointer to the physical figure in the which vias must be put.

       viatype             Contact type to be put.

       x, y                Coordinate of the center of the bigvia.

       dx, dy              Maximun rectangle to be filled with vias.

DESCRIPTION

       bigvia  draws  as  many  vias as necessary to fill the rectangle defined by its dx and dy arguments.  The
       ``bigvia'' center is indicated with dx and dy,  thus  making  this  function  much  like  addphvia.   The
       necessary segments are drawn to avoid having notches or other drc rules violated.
       This  function  is  tipically  used  by  routers  when connecting two non minimal wires, like supplies or
       clocks.
       The values for drawing the via correctly, ie avoid drc violations, are taken from the idps set of  rules,
       and are not changeable at run time.

ERRORS

              "*** mbk error *** bigvia impossible : negative values dx, dy in figure figure at (x, y)"
       If either dx or dy are negative, the function complains and exits.

EXAMPLE

       #include "mph.h"
       #define BigVia(x, y, dx, dy) \
          bigvia(WORK_PHFIG, CONT_VIA, x, y, dx, dy)

SEE ALSO

       mbk(1), addphvia(3), addphseg(3).