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Working with tabs in virtuoso schematic editor (opus 6.1.5 - ADE L)

Aldo2

Hello,

I'm using opus 6.1.5. When I simulate my circuits I use to open the subcircuits in different tabs.

When I want to plot some waveforms of one of the subcircuits, I open Results->Direct Plot, on ADE L form, but the focus of virtuoso schematic editor goes to the main circuit; this is very tedious.

Is there a way to block the schematic editor on the subckt/tab I'm working on, when results are plotted from ADE L?

Thank you very much

Aldo 

  • Aldo,

    There were some fixes related to this in IC615 ISR10, so hopefully those will solve your problem. If not, please go via customer support - it should not behave this way.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Thank you Andrew for your help. I have another question on symbols in virtuoso schematic editor 6.1.5: I do not find the magnification field that in opus 5.x.x is visible in the 'Edit Object Properties' form when 'system' field is checked. Than you very much Regards Aldo

  • Hi Aldo,

    The "mag" or "magnification" property is not a feature of the OpenAccess database, and hence objects and instances etc. in IC61x do not show this attribute or property.

    Hopefully this answers your question.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

  • Although there's a workaround provided - you can use the dbCreateXformPCell() SKILL function to create a "symbol_xform" view which can be instantiated in lieu of the normal symbol (you'll see analogLib components have this) - these have a mag parameter so that  you can scale up the symbol.

    Andrew.

  • Hello Lawrence, thank you for your answer!

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    Hello Andrew,

    I tried to istantiate an analogLib resistor (symbol_xform view), but I couldn't find the mag field on the form. Do I have to add it as a property?

    Thank you very much

    Best Regards

    Aldo 

  • Aldo,

    Sorry, I forgot - this view is primarily there to allow you to migrate existing designs from IC5141. The CDF doesn't contain a parameter "mag". You can't add it as a user-defined property, because "mag" is a reserved name. 

    The way to do it is to add it, and then call geQuerySelSet() - from there you can change the "mag".

    In general I'd advise against using it though for anything new.

    Andrew.

  • Many thanks Andrew, it works fine!

    Best regards

    Aldo 

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