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More explanation of blend modes in common reader options

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Matthias Koefferlein 2024-06-02 23:02:31 +02:00
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src/db/db/gsiDeclDbCommonStreamOptions.cc
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@ -191,16 +191,22 @@ gsi::ClassExt<db::LoadLayoutOptions> common_reader_options (
gsi::EnumIn<db::LoadLayoutOptions, db::CellConflictResolution> decl_dbCommonReader_CellConflictResolution ("db", "CellConflictResolution",
gsi::enum_const ("AddToCell", db::AddToCell,
"@brief Add content to existing cell\n"
"This is the mode use in before version 0.27. Content of new cells is simply added to existing cells with the same name."
"This is the mode use in before version 0.27. Content of new cells is simply added to existing cells with the same name.\n"
"Before version 0.29.2, this mode also merged instances, rendering it difficult to merge two identical cell hierarchies.\n"
"Since version 0.29.2, no instance duplicates are generated. Instead only new instances are added to existing cells.\n"
"With this feature in place, it is safe to merge two identical cell hierarchies stored in different files using AddToCell mode.\n"
"In that application, the shapes and layers of the layouts are combined, but the cell hierarchy stays identical."
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gsi::enum_const ("OverwriteCell", db::OverwriteCell,
"@brief The old cell is overwritten entirely (including child cells which are not used otherwise)\n"
"@brief The old cell is overwritten entirely (including child cells which are not used otherwise).\n"
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gsi::enum_const ("SkipNewCell", db::SkipNewCell,
"@brief The new cell is skipped entirely (including child cells which are not used otherwise)\n"
"@brief The new cell is skipped entirely (including child cells which are not used otherwise).\n"
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gsi::enum_const ("RenameCell", db::RenameCell,
"@brief The new cell will be renamed to become unique\n"
"@brief The new cell will be renamed to become unique.\n"
"In this mode, two files are are combined rendering independent cell hierarchies coming from the original files.\n"
"Cells may be renamed however. Also, new top cells will appear after merging a file into the layout using RenameCell mode.\n"
),
"@brief This enum specifies how cell conflicts are handled if a layout read into another layout and a cell name conflict arises.\n"
"Until version 0.26.8 and before, the mode was always 'AddToCell'. On reading, a cell was 'reopened' when encountering a cell name "