{"id":37013,"date":"1998-12-03T16:56:19","date_gmt":"1998-12-03T16:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/%e6%9c%aa%e5%88%86%e7%b1%bb\/hints-tips-december-1998\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:42:55","slug":"hints-tips-december-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/zh-hans\/simulation-standard-zh-hans\/hints-tips-december-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"HINTS &#038; TIPS &#8211; December 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>HINTS &amp; TIPS<\/h1>\n<p class=\"regular\" align=\"left\"><b>Q<\/b>: I took the example file mux4.gds from Expert&#8217;s installation and tried the Edit-in-place operation. I entered into an instance of mux1, modified a box in it and exited from EIP. There are options to change the edited cell and to save instance under another cell name. I selected the latter option, but all four instances of mux1 in mux4 have been changed, rather than the instance I modified in place.<br \/>\n(see Figure 1)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1210\" height=\"1669\" src=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints.jpg\" class=\"cleaned-enfold-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-747x1030.jpg 747w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-768x1059.jpg 768w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-1114x1536.jpg 1114w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-1087x1500.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-511x705.jpg 511w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-27x37.jpg 27w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-40x55.jpg 40w, https:\/\/silvaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/simulationstandard\/simstd_dec_1998_hints-35x48.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1210px) 100vw, 1210px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/dynamicweb\/jsp\/downloads\/DownloadDocStepsAction.do?req=download&#038;nm=simstd_dec_1998_hints.pdf\" class=\"BGT-btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Simulation Standard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I took the example file mux4.gds from Expert&#8217;s installation and tried the Edit-in-place operation. I entered into an instance of mux1, modified a box in it and exited from EIP. There are options to change the edited cell and to save instance under another cell name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7723],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-simulation-standard-zh-hans","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HINTS &amp; TIPS - December 1998 - Silvaco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Q: I took the example file mux4.gds from Expert&#039;s installation and tried the Edit-in-place operation. 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