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Search and Replace in schematic

Sridhar123

Hi all,

 

Does any one have a skill script to replace the instances in a cellview from one Libray to a different LIbrary with a different cellname.This has to be run for the complete Library . I couldn't use the inbuilt schematic search and replace as the Library name is changed and even the cellview name.

FOr ex In Library "TEST"  There are four cellviews with names "sch1" "sch2" "sch3" and "sch4" now in this four cellviews there are  instances with name "INV1" pointing from "CORELIB" Library , but now I want to search the complete Library "TEST" to change the instances with the name "INV1" to "INV1_DCV" from the Library "CORELIB_DCV" which has to be applied to all the cellviews here in this case "sch1" "sch2" "sch3" and "sch4".

 

Thank you very much for your support,

 

Best regards,

Sridhar.

 

  • Hi Sridhar,

    If you use Find or Replace you can search (and replace) for "master" rather than cellName. If you do that, the value needs to be the libName, cellName, and viewName (space separated) - so for example "mylib mycell myview".

    Or you might find this post useful. It points to some SKILL code that I wrote to do this.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Hi all,
     
    Does any one have a skill script to replace the instances in a cellview from one Libray to a different LIbrary with a different cellname.This has to be run for the complete Library . I couldn't use the inbuilt schematic search and replace as the Library name is changed and even the cellview name.
    FOr ex In Library "TEST"  There are four cellviews with names "sch1" "sch2" "sch3" and "sch4" now in this four cellviews there are  instances with name "INV1" pointing from "CORELIB" Library , but now I want to search the complete Library "TEST" to change the instances with the name "INV1" to "INV1_DCV" from the Library "CORELIB_DCV" which has to be applied to all the cellviews here in this case "sch1" "sch2" "sch3" and "sch4".
     
    Thank you very much for your support,
     
    Best regards,
    Sridhar.

  • Hi Sridhar,

    Have you tried looking at Solution Article 11330954?

    Also Solution Article 11406650 contains the same code and shows an example of just what you are asking for.  Be aware that if you change one cell to another that the CDF callbacks will not be triggered (as they would if you were placing these components using the GUI), so the new cell instances might not be self-consistent.  There is another solution for this, if needed.

    Please let us know if you need more help after trying these.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

  • Sridhar,

    I just saw Andrew's post after making my own - his code solution should take care of the instance CDF callbacks (I think, it appears so from a quick glance).

    Take your pick.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

  • The Forum Guidelines ask you not to double post. I will merge this with your other identical question.

    Andrew.

  • Andrew, does that link point to the correct post? I don't see any skill code - it links to rodCreatePath with 45 degree angles. Also, will the code properly update the CDF callback as Lawrence mentions in the post below?

  • Douglas,


    No, it was incorrect. I've corrected it now (actually it now points to the newest version of the code) - for convenience (to avoid you having to scroll up), this is the link too.

    Yes, it handles the CDF callbacks, as you'll see in the other post.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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