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UseWidestCharacter Settings
Constant Value
Description
Numeric
Equivalent
UWC_NONE
(Default) UseWidestCharacter is unset (corresponds to the behavior in previous versions of OpenROAD when UseWidestCharacter=FALSE)
0
UWC_COMPAT
Specifies that a maximum character width based on the OpenROAD 5.1 algorithm for the specified font is used to calculate the field width. This setting corresponds to previous versions’ TRUE setting.
1
UWC_SYSTEM
UseWidestCharacter is applied. Character width is set automatically to the widest character for the TF_SYSTEM font.
2
UWC_USER
UseWidestCharacter is applied. You can define the actual character width using the WidestCharacterWidth Attribute on page 638.
3
UWC_NATIVE
UseWidestCharacter is applied. Character width is set to the widest character for the specified font, automatically computed by the operating system (corresponds to the behavior in previous versions of OpenROAD when UseWidestCharacter=TRUE).
4
Last modified date: 06/25/2024