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<h2> <a name=""></a><a href="Preface.html" title="About This Manual" name="23395"><font color="#0000ff"><u>About This Manual</u></font></a></h2>
<p> <a name=""></a><a href="Preface.html#1034334" title="About This Manual" name="23397"><font color="#0000ff"><u>How This Document Is Organized</u></font></a></p>
<p> <a name=""></a><a href="Preface.html#1034567" title="About This Manual" name="23399"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Related Documents</u></font></a></p>
<h2><a href="NewFeatures.html" title="1" name="23401"><font color="#0000ff"><u>1</u></font>
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<h2> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1033512" title="1" name="23403"><font color="#0000ff"><u>New Features</u></font></a></h2>
<p> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1034329" title="1" name="23405"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Overview</u></font></a></p>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1040438" title="1" name="23407"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Multi-Mask Patterning Technology</u></font></a></dd>
<p> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1040427" title="1" name="23409"><font color="#0000ff"><u>New LEF Features</u></font></a></p>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1041759" title="1" name="23411"><font color="#0000ff"><u>LEF Layers Support Masks</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1040658" title="1" name="23413"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Fixed Masks for Layers and Macros</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1041014" title="1" name="23415"><font color="#0000ff"><u>LEF Via Adds Masks for Fixed Vias</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1041868" title="1" name="23417"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Macro Layer Geometries Support Masks</u></font></a></dd>
<p> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1035638" title="1" name="23419"><font color="#0000ff"><u>New DEF Features</u></font></a></p>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1041737" title="1" name="23421"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Routing Blockages Add Mask Information</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1043078" title="1" name="23423"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Component Mask Shift Multi-Patterning Layers</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1041744" title="1" name="23425"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Components Adds Mask Shift Information</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1042728" title="1" name="23427"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Fills Adds Masks</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1042810" title="1" name="23429"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Nets Routing Points Enhancements</u></font></a></dd>
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<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1044793" title="1" name="23433"><font color="#0000ff"><u>DEF Via Adds Mask</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1044823" title="1" name="23435"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Tracks Adds Mask</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1046350" title="1" name="23437"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Pins Adds Mask</u></font></a></dd>
<dd> <a name=""></a><a href="NewFeatures.html#1044861" title="1" name="23439"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Blockages Change Component, Pushdown, Exceptpgnet to be Independent And Not Exclusive</u></font></a></dd>
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