Patent Document ID: 9984195
Application ID: 15070971
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: formatting for display on a computer screen a layout of an integrated circuit design in a two-dimensional view, wherein the integrated circuit design is specified in a design database, the layout comprises multiple layers, and in the two-dimensional view, layers of the layout overlap when two or more layers cross each other on the screen; using a computer, allowing a user to identify a portion of the layout of the integrated circuit design using a pointer; using a computer, providing an option for the user to enable a three-dimensional view of the layout; after enabling the three-dimensional view option by the user, formatting for display on the screen at least the portion of the layout identified by the user in a three-dimensional view; allowing the user to specify a feature of the layout and allowing the user to request showing that feature using multiple colors in the three-dimensional view based on a property associated with the feature, wherein for a feature or portion of a feature having a property value below a value V1, using a first color, the property value above the value V1, using a second color, and the first and second colors are different.