Thanks to s script I can make sure no cells a

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Thanks to < U016HU5HK8V> s script I can make sure no cells are scattered on top of my macros but `detailed placement or` still fails with the vague `Warning detailed placement failed on`

aryap · Answer

There are no obvious macro overlaps anymore

aryap · Answer

I m independently trying to harden the remaining cells as a macro but that has its own problems

aryap · Answer

the error is so useless i m out of ideas about what to poke

tnt · Answer

try `detailed placement` instead of `detailed placement or` or in addition to calling it before

aryap · Answer

ok i m trying random placement first now

aryap · Answer

ok random got past that stupid problem thumbsup

aryap · Answer

my personal hero < tnt>

aryap · Answer

this slack workspace is full of my heroes

aryap · Answer

< tnt> how big are the designs you ve managed to have placed nicely this one is 20 000 instances and the tools really cannot cope

Anish · Answer

< aryap> what command did you use for random placement

aryap · Answer

random global placement iirc

aryap · Answer

yeah you can enable it with `set env PL RANDOM GLB PLACEMENT 1` if you don t run interactively

aryap · Answer

i actually don t recommend it i m guessing that my routing step crash is because of the random placement

tnt · Answer

My design is ~ 11k cells after synthesis