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Cells copy/paste makes pasted cell new top
Like it says, so I keep putting the topcell back
on top over and over. I don't see offhand any
reason why topcell focus should be changed
by manipulating lower level cells.
Is this behavior something that the user
can modify?
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Hi dick_freebird
In my case, copy and pasting object indeed changes the view,
but it only pan/zoom fit to the object, it won't make it as a new top.
The auto zoom/pan can be disabled through this setting.
This is about the "Cells" window (alongside Layers et al) that
displays the layout hierarchy / cells list. While object copy /
paste affects the X-Y viewport (if enabled), the "Cells" copy /
paste affects the "Z dimension" (the "stack" of hierarchy
layers, which started at the design topcell, is reset to put some
rando just-duplicated cell as the top and the real top layout
"goes back on the shelf".
But guess I should check that auto pan / zoom, although I
believe I had that turned off (don't like that much unexpected
"help").
Yes, but that makes sense, doesn't it? In fact, copying a cell creates a new individual copy and as it is not used (placed) yet, it becomes a top cell.
Maybe what you look for is an instance copy in "deep copy" mode?
Matthias
Well, not exactly. What I want is the topcell, where I'm working,
to remain the topcell. A new copy may be "-a- topcell" (unto
itself) but copying didn't mean I wanted to move vertically in
the hierarchy. I was fine, just making a copy, which I was just
fixin' to rename and place where I was. But now I'm not there.
I'll try the layout window copy with options, and see how that
plays with the workflow.