Patent ID: 8402424
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A design support apparatus that supports designing of a circuit and is connected to a display unit, the design support apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores logical connection information of the circuit and cell information of a plurality of cells included in the circuit; a selection unit that selects target cell information of a cell to be placed out of the cell information stored in the storage unit; a placement unit that provisionally places the cell corresponding to the selected target cell information based on inputted positional information; a determination unit that determines whether a wiring mode is set; a wiring unit that provisionally arranges wiring connected to the provisionally placed cell when the determination unit determines that the wiring mode is set and enables selection of the wiring from a plurality of wirings; and a finalization unit that finalizes a position of the wiring provisionally arranged based on finalization of a position of the cell provisionally placed.