Installation 4

• Installation Instructions
• Proxy Support
• LSF Support
• Invalid Startup Arguments

Getting Started 5

• Getting Started with Animate Preview
• Inspecting the layout preview
• Updating the layout preview
• Displaying an area estimate
• Saving the Black-Box layout

The Animate Preview window in Virtuoso 5

• The Animate Preview window
• Crossprobing
• Area Report
• Enlarge Preview window
• Device Report

The Animate Window 8

• The Animate Window
• The Hierarchy dock window
• The Colors dock window
• The Results dock window
• The Schematic window

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Adding Constraints 2

• Adding Constraints in Animate
• Why is the Constraints window greyed out?

Customize Preview 1

• Editing the generated preview

Animate Technology information 1

• Animate Technology Information

Animate Circuit Suitability Check 1

• Animate Circuit Suitability Check

Errors / Warnings 17

• Failed to load PCell from Animate_Cache
• Animate Preview has stopped running
• Read only cds.lib
• OA technology library not attached to LCV
• Invalid OA Technology

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Animate Project Editor 4

• Animate Project Editor
• Animate Project File
• Using the Project Editor to Configure Routing Options
• Using the Project Editor to Configure Guard Ring Association

Animate Preview window is missing in Virtuoso 1

• I don't see the Animate Preview window in Virtuoso

Animate Not Running 1

• 'Animate Not Running' is shown in Preview window

Does Animate work with PCells and PyCells? 1

• Does Animate work with Cadence PCells or Synopsys PyCells?

Resizing Preview window 1

• Resizing the Preview window

How do you get an Area Report? 1

• How do you get an Area report?

Crossprobing from Virtuoso schematics 1

• How to crossprobe from Virtuoso?

How do you edit the generated layout? 1

• How do you customize the generated layout?

2021 5

• 2021.25
• 2021.24
• 2021.21
• 2021.22
• 2021.23

2022 23

• 2022.24
• 2022.23
• 2022.22
• 2022.21
• 2022.20

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2023 25

• 2023.25
• 2023.24
• 2023.23
• 2023.22
• 2023.21

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2024 26

• 2024.25
• Q4 2024 Release Note Summary
• 2024.24
• 2024.23
• 2024.22

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2025 14

• 2025.13
• Q2 2025 Release Note Summary
• 2025.11
• 2025.10
• 2025.9

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