The Gate Navigator is designed to give you a useful overview of all the gates used in the layout. It shows a hierarchical view of the gates and the plots associated with those gates. The Gate Navigator also allows you to manipulate the gates and plots on the layout. For example, by simply dragging and dropping the gate icon on the Gate Navigator you can change the gate a plot is gated on.

 

In the course of this example, we will:

 

•Open and dock the Gate Navigator.

•Learn about the Gate Navigator features and how to use them. Specifically, we will use the Gate Navigator to:

oApply gates to plots on the layout.

oInsert a plot onto the layout.

 

In the first exercise, we will open and dock the Gate Navigator.