bernd
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No, the physicalRules in your Layout Editor technology file were no Design Rules , you can not use them to check whether your design does violate or not the manufacturing geometries. There are separate tools (Design Rule Checkers) Cadence Assura, Mentor Calibre, Synopsys Hercules (just mentioned the three big ones here) which you have to use, where the rules are kept out side the Layout Editors technology file.
The physicalRules section in the Virtuoso Layout Editors technology file is used by some Place and Route applications or by Virtuoso XL the connectivity driven layout mode, I'm not quite sure on what and how exactly.
There is also an application called 'Design Rule Driven Layout' or so, I forgot the exact name which might use the physicalRules section. It does a kind of on the fly DRC, this is probably what you expect.
But they are definitely no 'design rules' in terms of design rule checking.
Bernd
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