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Positioning the instances in Layout editor by using SKILL

RFStuff

 Dear All,

I am trying to place copies of an instance/object ( say a simple via ) with 'x' distance separation in X-direction.

Is there any in-built feature already available in IC5141 ?

Otherwise, is there any solution ( SKILL script) already posted in the forum ? I searched but couldn't find so.

The code needs three functions:

1) Find the cordianate of the OBJECT/INSTANCE ( this I have already found in the Forum)

2) Copy the object. For this what is the SKILL function ?

3) Paste the desired distance separation ( For palcing wht is the simple SKILL function)

Couls anybody please tell regarding this.

Kind Regards,

 

 

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  • Andrew Beckett

    There are a family of built-in functions typically used for digitizing points - these can also rubber-band the points being entered. These functions all begin with "enter" and the available functions are:

    enterArc, enterBox, enterCircle, enterDonut, enterEllipse, enterLine,
    enterMultiRep, enterNumber, enterPath, enterPoint, enterPoints,
    enterPolygon, enterScreenBox, enterSegment, enterString

    They're documented functions.

    Anyway, these have various callbacks which get triggered upon various events (e.g. when you add a point, when you delete a point, when you're done). In the case of the doneProc, it's called with three arguments, the windowId, whether it was "done", and the list of points. Since I don't care about the second two arguments (and I'm not using them in the callback), I used the convention of prefixing them with underscore. The reason for doing this is so that when I run SKILL Lint on the code, it doesn't mark me down for having arguments to my function which aren't used. Apart from that, it doesn't matter - the arguments have to be there, but just don't get used in my code.

    In your other post, it might be a matter of using one of these, or it might just be that you build a form and interact with the user that way.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    There are a family of built-in functions typically used for digitizing points - these can also rubber-band the points being entered. These functions all begin with "enter" and the available functions are:

    enterArc, enterBox, enterCircle, enterDonut, enterEllipse, enterLine,
    enterMultiRep, enterNumber, enterPath, enterPoint, enterPoints,
    enterPolygon, enterScreenBox, enterSegment, enterString

    They're documented functions.

    Anyway, these have various callbacks which get triggered upon various events (e.g. when you add a point, when you delete a point, when you're done). In the case of the doneProc, it's called with three arguments, the windowId, whether it was "done", and the list of points. Since I don't care about the second two arguments (and I'm not using them in the callback), I used the convention of prefixing them with underscore. The reason for doing this is so that when I run SKILL Lint on the code, it doesn't mark me down for having arguments to my function which aren't used. Apart from that, it doesn't matter - the arguments have to be there, but just don't get used in my code.

    In your other post, it might be a matter of using one of these, or it might just be that you build a form and interact with the user that way.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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