bindkeys in IC1.6.5

I assume you meant IC6.1.5 (not 1.6.5). I don't see why bindkeys to alter visibility etc shouldn't work still - perhaps you can post what  you have that doesn't work?

Regards,

Andrew.

You are right. The version is IC6.1.5
Actually i have found the way to solve the problem with bindkeys. The problem is not related to a version i guess. The thing is that the numbers of the layers in Layers Palette (former LSW) are given not according to technology file, but according to order of the layers in the Palette.
I use a function that shows Present Layers Only in the Layers Palette. So, when i used commands like leiMouseSetEntryLayer(12) in different cells different layers were selected. I would be very happy to know how could i make the layers in the Palette to have numbers according to  technology file, but not  according to the order in the Palette.

If you used the functions leSetLayerVisible or leSetAllLayerVisible, you could do this by referring to the layer/purpose name rather than a number.That would then be portable in all versions and would not be dependent upon LSW/palette ordering. There's also leSetLayerSelectable and leSetAllLayerSelectable. You can find out whether a layer is visible or selectable by using leIsLayerVisible or leIsLayerSelectable.

Regards.

Andrew.

Thank you Andrew.

For example i want to use leiMouseSetEntryLayer()  function

and M1 drawing layer.

Can you write  me the exact function.

I tried different ways to insert  M1 drawing into brackets, but i probably used wrong syntacs.

Thank you in advance,

Alex

 Alex,

For that you'd use leSetEntryLayer. This (and the functions I mention before) are documented in cdnshelp, with examples which show the syntax. It would be:

leSetEntryLayer(list("M1" "drawing"))

or

leSetEntryLayer('("M1" "drawing"))

For visibility, you'd use:

leSetLayerVisible(list("M1" "drawing") nil)  ; for invisible

leSetLayerVisible(list("M1" "drawing") t) ; for visible

Regards,

Andrew.

 Thank you. I'll check it.

Here is some code that will help you setup bindkeys to do this. I had to find some help on Source Link so that I could programmatically turn off the "Used Layers Only" on the layer palette. When this is on, if a layer like M2 is not used, we can't make it valid. So the pte commands below I pulled from Sourcelink.

You'll setup bindkeys like this:
hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>1" "adjustLayers(1)")
hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>2" "adjustLayers(2)")

You'll need to put together the list of layers you want for each setting.

procedure(adjustLayers(key)
  let((tfId layers lp)
    tfId = techGetTechFile(geGetEditCellView()~>lib)
    case(key
        (1   layers = list("con" "metal1" "via1"))
        (2   layers = list("via1" "metal2" "via2"))
        (3   layers = list("via2" "metal3"))
    )
    ;Turn off the "used layers" so that unused layers can appear in the list
    pteShowUsedLayers(nil)
    ;Set the metal layer valid and as the entry layer
    leSetLayerValid(list(cadr(layers) "drawing") t)
    leSetEntryLayer(list(cadr(layers) "drawing"))
    ;Make all other layers invisible
    leSetAllLayerVisible(nil)
    foreach(layer layers
        lp = techFindLayer(tfId "metal1")
        ;ensure the layer is valid
        foreach(purpose lp~>lps~>purpose
            leSetLayerValid(list(layer purpose) t)
            leSetLayerVisible(list(layer purpose) t)
        )
    )
    ;Turn on System layers for schematics (this includes text drawing)
    foreach(l setof(lyr tfId~>lps lyr~>number >= 207) 
        l~>visible = t
    )
    t
  ) ;let
) ;proc

procedure(pteShowUsedLayers(show @optional (swin hiGetSessionWindow(hiGetCurrentWindow())))
    _pteHiLayerShowUsedLPP(pteGetLayersWindow() nil)
) ;proc

;The following code was found on Sourcelink
;http://support.cadence.com/wps/mypoc/cos?uri=deeplinkmin:ViewSolution;solutionNumber=11711618;searchHash=94940eb4f4671f56ac55a49dba5988d8
procedure(pteGetWindowList(@optional (name "") (swin hiGetSessionWindow(hiGetCurrentWindow())))
  let(((handle strcat("pte" name)) lst )
    foreach(dwin reverse(hiGetWindowList('dockable))
        when(((hiGetSessionWindow(dwin) == swin) && eqv(0
                    strncmp(sprintf(nil "%L"
                            (dwin->hiHandle)
                        ) handle
                        strlen(handle)
                    )
                ))
            lst = cons(dwin lst)
        )
    )
    lst
  )
)

procedure(pteGetLayersWindow(@optional (swin hiGetSessionWindow(hiGetCurrentWindow())))
  let(((dwins pteGetWindowList("Layer" swin)))
        if(dwins car(dwins) nil)
  )
)

Derek

Derek,

You don't need to turn the Used Layers Only off to adjust the layer validity etc (from my experiments, at least). Of course, it won't appear in the palette if that filter is on, so maybe that's what you're really wanting - you won't be able to pick it in the palette.

Andrew.