diff --git a/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/Node.cpp b/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/Node.cpp
index 9e64ef33..21e7bd21 100644
--- a/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/Node.cpp
+++ b/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/Node.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
         if ( _orientation == Orientation::FS ) o << " FS";
         if ( _orientation == Orientation::FW ) o << " FW";
       }
-      if ( flags & Fixed ) o << " /FIXED";
+      if ( (flags & Fixed) && (flags & NoImage) ) o << " /FIXED_NI";
+      else if ( flags & Fixed ) o << " /FIXED";
       o << std::endl;
     }
   }
@@ -101,8 +102,12 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
       if ( node->_symmetry & Symmetry::Y   ) o << " Y";
       if ( node->_symmetry & Symmetry::R90 ) o << " R90";
     }
-    if ( node->_flags & Node::Terminal ) o << " terminal";
-    if ( node->_flags & Node::Fixed    ) o << " /FIXED";
+
+    if ( (node->_flags & Node::Terminal) && (node->_flags & Node::NoImage) ) o << " terminal_NI";
+    else if ( node->_flags & Node::Terminal ) o << " terminal";
+
+    if ( (node->_flags & Node::Fixed) && (node->_flags & Node::NoImage) ) o << " /FIXED_NI";
+    else if ( node->_flags & Node::Fixed    ) o << " /FIXED";
       
     return o;
   }
diff --git a/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/Parser.cpp b/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/Parser.cpp
index d2be284c..770c29ee 100644
--- a/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/Parser.cpp
+++ b/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/Parser.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
   {
   //std::cerr << "_buffer: " << _buffer << endl;
 
-    bool         terminal       = false;
+    bool         flags = false;
     unsigned int symmetry       = 0;
     bool         symmetryTokens = false;
     double       width          = 0.0;
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
         if ( _keywordCompare("R90",_tokens[itoken]) == 0 ) { symmetry |= Symmetry::R90; continue; }
         symmetryTokens = false;
       }
-      if ( _keywordCompare("terminal",_tokens[itoken]) == 0 ) { terminal = true; continue; }
+      if ( _keywordCompare("terminal",_tokens[itoken]) == 0 ) { flags = Node::Terminal; continue; }
+      if ( _keywordCompare("terminal_NI",_tokens[itoken]) == 0 ) { flags = Node::Terminal | Node::NoImage; continue; }
       if ( _keywordCompare(":"       ,_tokens[itoken]) == 0 ) { symmetryTokens = true; continue; }
 
     //std::cerr << " <X Y>" << std::endl;
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
       height = toDouble ( _tokens[itoken] );
     }
 
-    _circuit->addNode ( new Node(_tokens[0],width,height,symmetry,terminal) );
+    _circuit->addNode ( new Node(_tokens[0],width,height,symmetry,flags) );
 
     // std::cerr << "name:" << _tokens[0]
     //           << " " << width
@@ -547,6 +548,7 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
       if ( orientationToken ) {
         if (itoken+1 < _tokens.size()) {
           if ( _keywordCompare("/FIXED",_tokens[itoken+1]) == 0 ) flags |= Node::Fixed;
+          if ( _keywordCompare("/FIXED_NI",_tokens[itoken+1]) == 0 ) flags |= Node::Fixed | Node::NoImage;
         }
 
         if ( _keywordCompare("N" ,_tokens[itoken]) == 0 ) { orientation |= Orientation::N; continue; }
diff --git a/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/vlsisapd/bookshelf/Node.h b/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/vlsisapd/bookshelf/Node.h
index 00b294d7..740d8ac7 100644
--- a/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/vlsisapd/bookshelf/Node.h
+++ b/vlsisapd/src/bookshelf/src/vlsisapd/bookshelf/Node.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
 
   class Node {
     public:
-      enum Flag { NoFlags=0x0000, Terminal=0x0001, Fixed=0x0002 };
+      enum Flag { NoFlags=0x0000, Terminal=0x0001, Fixed=0x0002, NoImage=0x0004 };
     public:
       inline                        Node           ( const std::string& name
                                                    , double             width   =0.0
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
                                                    , unsigned int       flags   =NoFlags );
       inline bool                   isTerminal     () const;
       inline bool                   isFixed        () const;
+      inline bool                   isNoImage () const;
       inline const std::string&     getName        () const;
       inline double                 getWidth       () const;
       inline double                 getHeight      () const;
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ namespace Bookshelf {
 
   inline bool                   Node::isTerminal     () const { return _flags&Terminal; }
   inline bool                   Node::isFixed        () const { return _flags&Fixed; }
+  inline bool                   Node::isNoImage () const { return _flags&NoImage; }
   inline const std::string&     Node::getName        () const { return _name; }
   inline double                 Node::getWidth       () const { return _width; }
   inline double                 Node::getHeight      () const { return _height; }