A design system for designing an integrated circuit that includes a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and instructions to generate and edit a schematic of the integrated circuit, generate at least one recommended layout parameter of an integrated circuit device within the integrated circuit, extract the at least one recommended layout parameter during a layout stage of the integrated circuit, and calculate a circuit performance parameter of the integrated circuit using the at least one recommended layout parameter, and a user interface configured to display at least one of the circuit performance parameter and layout constraints of the integrated circuit device of the integrated circuit.