| <h3 id='___place_gate'>place_gate</h3> | |
| <pre>ECO command. Place an instance to a specific position | |
| <b>Usage:</b> place_gate($inst, $x, $y); | |
| $inst: The instance to be placed | |
| $x,$y: The coordinate | |
| <b>Note:</b> This command affects the spare gate mapping of the instance. | |
| <b>Examples:</b> | |
| # A flop is added and placed in some location | |
| # In 'map_spare_cells' command, the flop is mapped to a spare flop closest to the location | |
| change_pin("U123/A", "DFFX1", "eco_dff_reg", ".D(-),.CK(clock)"); | |
| place_gate("eco_dff_reg", 100, 200); # location, 100um, 200um | |
| map_spare_cells; | |
| </pre> |