Referencing Wild Card in Search/Replace in Virtuoso Schematic

Here, the {1} is referring to the first wildcard in the search pattern

Get The Slope Around A Point In A Trace

You can create a Delta Marker to see the slope of a trace

by default, the slope is shown within the parenthesis, as can be verified by seeing the contents of the Delta Marker:

here %S means slope.

Transient Simulation Convergence Issue

In one of my projects, I bumped into a transient convergence issue: the error message shows something like:

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Transient Analysis `tran': time = (0 s -> 30 ms)
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Trying `homotopy = gmin' for initial conditions.
Trying `homotopy = source' for initial conditions.
Trying `homotopy = dptran' for initial conditions..
Trying `homotopy = ptran' for initial conditions..
Error found by spectre during IC analysis, during transient analysis `tran'.
    ERROR (SPECTRE-16080): No DC solution found (no convergence).
The values for those nodes that did not converge on the last Newton iteration are given below.  The manner in which the convergence criteria were not satisfied is also given.
            Failed test: | Value | > RelTol*Ref + AbsTol
 Top 10 Residue too large Convergence failure:
    V(I93.M20.gj1) = 336.667 V
        residue too large: | 1.36002 kA | > 6.8001 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M9.gj1) = 336.667 V
        residue too large: | 1.36002 kA | > 6.8001 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M5.gj1) = 336.667 V
        residue too large: | 1.36002 kA | > 6.8001 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M20.d1) = -666.194 V
        residue too large: | -1.35956 kA | > 6.7978 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M9.d1) = -666.194 V
        residue too large: | -1.35956 kA | > 6.7978 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M5.d1) = -666.194 V
        residue too large: | -1.35956 kA | > 6.7978 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M106.gj1) = 359.453 V
        residue too large: | 1.30055 kA | > 6.50273 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M107.gj1) = 359.453 V
        residue too large: | 1.30055 kA | > 6.50273 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M1.gj1) = 359.453 V
        residue too large: | 1.30055 kA | > 6.50273 A + 1 pA
    V(I93.M106.d1) = -743.107 V
        residue too large: | -1.29651 kA | > 6.48254 A + 1 pA

Analysis `tran' was terminated prematurely due to an error.
finalTimeOP: writing operating point information to rawfile.
Error found by spectre during DC analysis, during info `finalTimeOP'.
    ERROR (SPECTRE-16041): Analysis was skipped due to inability to compute operating point.

 I finally solved this issue by making all my power lines to be at 0 voltage at the initial time, after the initial zero for a while, the power lines begin ramping up to the intended value.

When said power signals had been changed this way, the initial DC analysis was harnessed.

Things You Don't Know About Virtuoso: Select All Using Navigator Assistant

To select all components that belong to same master, just open the Navigator Assistant, and choose Show --> Cells:

All cells that belong to the same master are now grouped together, like shown below:

Now, in the Property Editor Assistant, you can change the property of all the cells that belong to the same master once and for all.