We have a problem in 5.1 layout or layout XL that some of the pins we put in our layout (at the top level of a large design) do not show visible names when we instance the cell at the next level up and hide the insides (using ^f), even after turning on the editor display options "instance pins" and "pin names". It is important to us to have visible pin names to make the cell easier to use by other parties. Some of the pins do show names, but others do not. These pins that do not show their names were not created with pin name labels, but they do have labels on the same layer as the pin and the label origin is inside the pin rectangle. Even using Edit/Other/Attach.. to attach the label to the pin rectangle does not make the name show up at the next level up. The label is on the same layer (with layer, e.g. M4 and purpose "lbl") that the pin rectangle has. What is going on here and is there anything we can do about it? Do we have to recreate all the pins using the option to attach a label to the pin at the time of pin creation?
Thanks for any tips. We could find nothing about this by web search.
This is using Cadence custom IC version 5.10.41, in particular I get
icfb -W
sub-version 5.10.41_USR6.127.29