Can't see regions from DEF

breto

Is there something special I need to do to see regions imported from DEF? I have the check box clocked to bring them in to layer REGIONS, and something like the the sample region in the DEF file below, but I don't see the REGIONS layer show up in the Layers list, or a box in the layout.

REGIONS 1 ;

• REGION1 ( 0 0 ) ( 1200 1200 )
• PROPERTY REGIONORDER 1 ;

Thanks in advance,
Bret

Matthias

Hi Bret,

regions are basically supported. Like this (Syntax highlighting fails here, so please ignor colors):

GROUPS 1 ;
   - er0 er0_*
      + REGION er0 ;
END GROUPS

REGIONS are written to a special layer you can specify in the reader options (File/Reader Options, LEF/DEF tab):

Make sure, the Regions checkbox is enabled.

Please note that LEF/DEF is currently undergoing some refactoring. This is not my favourite format, so support is rather weak so far.

Matthias