<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Wilbur/HTML32.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Wilbur/HTML32.dtd"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"> <title>What's New in LEF/DEF 5.8 -- About This Manual</title> <META NAME="Approver" CONTENT="Technical Publications"> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Technical Publications"> <META NAME="CreateDate" CONTENT="2017-01-20"> <META NAME="CreateTime" CONTENT="1484903164"> <META NAME="DataType" CONTENT="Release information"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Describes new, changed, and removed features for LEF and DEF for version 5.8."> <META NAME="DocTitle" CONTENT="What's New in LEF/DEF 5.8"> <META NAME="DocType" CONTENT="Release Note"> <META NAME="EdmsRelease" CONTENT="FM-Wiki-1.0_P005"> <META NAME="FileTitle" CONTENT="About This Manual"> <META NAME="FileType" CONTENT="Chapter"> <META NAME="Keyword" CONTENT="lefdefWN"> <META NAME="Language" CONTENT="English"> <META NAME="ModifiedDate" CONTENT="2017-01-20"> <META NAME="ModifiedTime" CONTENT="1484903164"> <META NAME="NextFile" CONTENT="NewFeatures.html"> <META NAME="PageCount" CONTENT="2"> <META NAME="Platform" CONTENT="ALL"> <META NAME="PrevFile" CONTENT="lefdefWNTOC.html"> <META NAME="Product" CONTENT="Languages"> <META NAME="ProductFamily" CONTENT="Cadence Shared Tools"> <META NAME="ProductVersion" CONTENT="5.8"> <META NAME="RightsManagement" CONTENT="Copyright 2012 Cadence Design Systems Inc."> <META NAME="Title" CONTENT="What's New in LEF/DEF 5.8 -- About This Manual"> <META NAME="TopicTags" CONTENT="FALSE"> <META NAME="Version" CONTENT="5.8"> </head> <body style="margin-left: 5%;"> <a name="pagetop"></a> <a name="firstpage"></a> <!-- Begin Buttons --> <table width="650" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td height="36" width="650" colspan="10"> <img src="images/header_doc.gif" width="650" height="34"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" width="59"> <a href="javascript:openLibrary()"><img src="../support/nav2_library.gif" border="0" alt="View Library" height="20" width="59"></a> </td> <td height="20" width="73"> <a href="lefdefWNTOC.html"><img src="../support/nav2_toc.gif" alt="Table of Contents" border="0"></a> </td> <td height="20" width="46"> <img src="../support/nav2_index_b.gif" border="0"> </td> <td> <a href="lefdefWNTOC.html"><img src="images/nav2_previous.gif" alt="Previous" border="0"></a> </td> <td> <a href="NewFeatures.html"><img src="images/nav_next.gif" alt="Next" border="0"></a> </td> <td height="20"> <a> <a href="lefdefWN.pdf"><img src="../support/nav2_print.gif" border="0" alt="Open PDF to print book" height="20" width="114"></a> </a> </td> <td height="20" width="61"> <img src="../support/nav2_black.gif" border="0" height="20" width="76"> </td> <td height="20" width="76"> <a href="/feedback.htm"><img src="../support/nav2_feedback.gif" border="0" alt="Email Comments" height="20" width="76"></a> </td> <td height="20" width="43"> <a href="../cdsuser/help.html"><img src="../support/nav2_help.gif" border="0" alt="Help Using Documentation" height="20" width="43"></a> </td> <td height="20" width="37"> <a href="/exitsearch.htm"><img src="../support/nav2_exit.gif" border="0" alt="Shut Down Cadence Documentation Server" height="20" width="37"></a> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- End Buttons --> <p> <hr> <p> <h3> <center> <font > <div>What's New in LEF/DEF 5.8</div> <font > <div></div> </font> </font> </center> </h3> <br> </p> <div> <h1><a name="1033512">About This Manual</a></h1> <p><a name="1034303">This document provides information on new and changed features for version 5.8 of the Cadence</a><font color="#000000"><sup>®</sup></font> Library Exchange Format (LEF) and Design Exchange Format (DEF) integrated circuit description languages.</p> <h2><a name="1034334">How This Document Is Organized</a></h2> <p><a name="1034335">This </a><font color="#000000"><em>What's New</em></font> document is organized into the following chapters:</p> <div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" summary=""> <tr valign="baseline"> <td width="31.999679999999998"> <div> <nobr> <font color="#000000"><img src="images/b_bullet.gif" alt="ParagraphBullet" border="0"></font> </nobr> </div> </td> <td><a name="1034522">New Features</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <blockquote><a name="1034572">This chapter describes features that were added or changed since version 5.7 of LEF and DEF.</a></blockquote> <blockquote><a name="1034564">New features are those that introduce new functionality into LEF and DEF. Any enhancements made to existing statements to support a new feature are also described in this chapter. </a></blockquote> <h2><a name="1034567">Related Documents</a></h2> <p><a name="1034351">The following documents provide detailed information about LEF and DEF, and the LEF and DEF application programming interfaces.</a></p> <div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" summary=""> <tr valign="baseline"> <td width="31.999679999999998"> <div> <nobr> <font color="#000000"><img src="images/b_bullet.gif" alt="ParagraphBullet" border="0"></font> </nobr> </div> </td> <td><a href="../defapi/defapiTOC.html" target="external_window" name="1034382"><font color="#0000ff"><u><em>DEF C/C++ Programming Interface (Open Licensing Program)</em></u></font></a><font color="#000000"><em> </em></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" summary=""> <tr valign="baseline"> <td width="31.999679999999998"> <div> <nobr> <font color="#000000"><img src="images/b_bullet.gif" alt="ParagraphBullet" border="0"></font> </nobr> </div> </td> <td><a href="../lefapi/lefapiTOC.html" target="external_window" name="1034383"><font color="#0000ff"><u><em>LEF C/C++ Programming Interface (Open Licensing Program)</em></u></font></a><font color="#000000"><em> </em></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" summary=""> <tr valign="baseline"> <td width="31.999679999999998"> <div> <nobr> <font color="#000000"><img src="images/b_bullet.gif" alt="ParagraphBullet" border="0"></font> </nobr> </div> </td> <td><a href="../lefdefref/lefdefrefTOC.html" target="external_window" name="1034402"><font color="#0000ff"><u><em>LEF/DEF Language Reference</em></u></font></a><font color="#000000"><em> </em></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" summary=""> <tr valign="baseline"> <td width="31.999679999999998"> <div> <nobr> <font color="#000000"><img src="images/b_bullet.gif" alt="ParagraphBullet" border="0"></font> </nobr> </div> </td> <td><a href="../defapiWN/defapiWNTOC.html" target="external_window" name="1034385"><font color="#0000ff"><u><em>What's New in DEF C/C++ Programming Interface</em></u></font></a><font color="#000000"><em> </em></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" summary=""> <tr valign="baseline"> <td width="31.999679999999998"> <div> <nobr> <font color="#000000"><img src="images/b_bullet.gif" alt="ParagraphBullet" border="0"></font> </nobr> </div> </td> <td><a href="../lefapiWN/lefapiWNTOC.html" target="external_window" name="1034386"><font color="#0000ff"><u><em>What's New in LEF C/C++ Programming Interface</em></u></font></a><font color="#000000"><em> </em></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p><a name="1034439">1/20/17</a></p> </div> <br> <a href="#pagetop">Return to top of page</a> <hr> <hr align="left"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin Buttons --> <table width="650" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td height="20" width="59"> <a href="javascript:openLibrary()"><img src="../support/nav2_library.gif" border="0" alt="View Library" height="20" width="59"></a> </td> <td height="20" width="73"> <a href="lefdefWNTOC.html"><img src="../support/nav2_toc.gif" alt="Table of Contents" border="0"></a> </td> <td height="20" width="46"> <img src="../support/nav2_index_b.gif" border="0"> </td> <td> <a href="lefdefWNTOC.html"><img src="images/nav2_previous.gif" alt="Previous" border="0"></a> </td> <td> <a href="NewFeatures.html"><img src="images/nav_next.gif" alt="Next" border="0"></a> </td> <td> <a> <a href="lefdefWN.pdf"><img src="../support/nav2_print.gif" border="0" alt="Open PDF to print book" height="20" width="114"></a> </a> </td> <td height="20" width="61"> <img src="../support/nav2_black.gif" border="0" height="20" width="76"> </td> <td height="20" width="76"> <a href="/feedback.htm"><img src="../support/nav2_feedback.gif" border="0" alt="Email Comments" height="20" width="76"></a> </td> <td height="20" width="43"> <a href="../cdsuser/help.html"><img src="../support/nav2_help.gif" border="0" alt="Help Using Documentation" height="20" width="43"></a> </td> <td height="20" width="37"> <a href="/exitsearch.htm"><img src="../support/nav2_exit.gif" border="0" alt="Shut Down Cadence Documentation Server" height="20" width="37"></a> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- End Buttons --> </div> <br> <font size="-1" > For support, see <a href="http://support.cadence.com" target="_blank">Cadence Online Support</a> service.</font> <br> <br> <font size="-1" > <font size="-1"><i>Copyright © 2016, <a href ="http://www.cadence.com">Cadence Design Systems, Inc.</a></i></font> </font> <br> <font size="-1" > All rights reserved.</font> <br> <br> </body> </html>