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A rather unconventional schematic symbol question/issue

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 Hi,

 I'm using Cadence 5.1 and am trying to make some schematic symbols that display context dependent information when instantiated. Onthe symbol itself, I have several ILLabels such as "ilInst~>myvar" and I have edited the cdf such that "myvar" contains some skill code that evaluates to the string of what I want displayed on the symbol. I'm accessing the data about the selected instance through expressions like "cdfgData->width->value". Much of this is based on code I've seen used elsewhere and I've just adapted it to suit my needs.

 

So I'm running aground because I don't know how to access the instance name (as opposed tthe cell name) within an expression. I've already tried cdsName() but that does not return the current instance name of the selected instance. Can anybody out there please provide me with the skill magic to do this. I figure it has to be available via cdfgData but I don't the access name. Many thanks in advance.

 

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  • Can you use an attribute on the instance to store your instance name conditionally? If I change the [@instanceName] to [@instanceName2], then nothing will display when I place the symbol. However, if I set a property on the instance with a name of instanceName2, then the value will display. Would this be sufficient, or are you hoping to dynamically display the names?

    For dynamic display, I tried the following, and it seemed to work:
    Set a global variable: _DISPLAY = nil
    Create an ilLabel: {_DISPLAY && ilInst~>name}
    Toggle the _DISPLAY variable to t and the instance name displays.

    Derek

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  • Can you use an attribute on the instance to store your instance name conditionally? If I change the [@instanceName] to [@instanceName2], then nothing will display when I place the symbol. However, if I set a property on the instance with a name of instanceName2, then the value will display. Would this be sufficient, or are you hoping to dynamically display the names?

    For dynamic display, I tried the following, and it seemed to work:
    Set a global variable: _DISPLAY = nil
    Create an ilLabel: {_DISPLAY && ilInst~>name}
    Toggle the _DISPLAY variable to t and the instance name displays.

    Derek

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