the question is how to align the macro

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Wajeh ul hasan · Answer

< U01GLU3UDRD> What I have understood from your msg Your design is something like that

Wajeh ul hasan · Answer

and you are trying to align the pdn vertical strips

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

Hi < U016Y9FMA2Y> exactly

Wajeh ul hasan · Answer

I think rather than going in this direction you can do the following 1 Harden your design macro without using metal5 2 And use vertical straps of metal4 in your macro for power dont use horizontal straps 3 When inserting the macro in userwrapper block met1 2 3 4 for macro in pdn tcl 4 Horizontal straps of user wrapper would then overlap the macro placing vias for power connection

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

ok let me give it a try

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

than You

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

< U016Y9FMA2Y> how do I block the metal layers

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

srotpdn png

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

seems that worked just limiting the number of layers to 4 in fact the default value is 5 for the user project example

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

however lt I still got LVS error

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

LVS tells me that on the layout i have my vccd1 connected to vssd2

Krzysztof Herman · Answer

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Wajeh ul hasan · Answer

Umm I a not following 1 Were you able to harden your macro without metal5