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Cadence Shortcut to Name Your Wires After Your Instance

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The video shows an example of an incorrect application (since only one instance name is used - you have to apply the shortcut on a per-instance basis) and then the right one. Click on the image to see it in its original size. Why use this? It's a time-saver for the case of having two DUTs in your test-bench for the sake of comparison. Also, sometimes you have two blocks in your design that are identical, but still need unique controls - for register-bits, etc. You can select some of the labels - no need to select all of them. Find this one and more at  https://github.com/ananthchellappa/SKILL