Patent ID: 9552450
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. In an electronic design automation (EDA) tool in a computer, a method to determine a user-specified location in a circuit design layout for performing a circuit design operation, wherein the circuit design layout is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the EDA tool, the method comprising: receiving a first user input, wherein the first user input selects a first point in the GUI associated with a first graphical object in the circuit design layout as a first inference point; receiving a second user input, wherein the second user input selects a second point in the GUI associated with a second graphical object in the circuit design layout as a second inference point; displaying a third inference point in the GUI, wherein the third inference point is located at an intersection of a first line that extends from the first inference point and a second line that extends from the second inference point; and determining the user-specified location for performing the circuit design operation based on the third inference point in the GUI.