Right-clicking on the Animate Preview window in Virtuoso and selecting ‘Edit’ opens a native Animate window.  In the Animate window you can: Set...

The Hierarchy dock window shows the schematic hierarchy and Animate’s progress generating layout for each cellview.  You can descend into a subcell by left...

The Colors dock window shows the layers in your layout and allows you to control their selectability and visibility.    Animate reads layer colors and ...

The Results dock window shows information about the layouts Animate generates.    The columns can be sorted by left-clicking on the column header. R...

The Schematic window displays the schematic at the level of hierarchy set by the Hierarchy window.  You can select objects in the schematic using the left m...

Constraints are displayed in the Constraints window. These are used for device matching. When Animate runs, common circuit topologies, such as diff pairs, c...

On the right is the Wall, a window that shows the resulting layouts that Animate generates. It shows all the layouts that have their Use entry in the Result...

The Reset Layout View tool is used to reset the main Animate window back to the default view which is seen on loading the application. If you have rearr...