Patent ID: 6950995
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of resolving mismatched graphical symbols in a computer-aided integrated circuit design system, the method comprising: (a) reading a source dimension of a source graphical symbol from a source circuit primitive in a source schematic database, the source schematic database having a source schematic including source circuit primitives; (b) reading a target dimension of a target graphical symbol from a target circuit primitive in a target schematic database, the target schematic database having a target schematic including source circuit primitives, wherein the target circuit primitive corresponds to the source circuit primitive; (c) automatically comparing the source dimension with the target dimension; and (d) altering the target graphical symbol in the target circuit primitive if the source dimension and the target dimension are not identical, to obtain an altered target graphical symbol, the target graphical symbol being altered along at least one target dimension such that there are no dangling lines when the altered target graphical symbol is inserted into a target schematic in the target schematic database.