Controling Opus Objects Window

 For some reason some extra stuff got added to this question. Ignore the stuff above the

_ptehiObjectSetExpand .... commands

 Hi,

the underscore as the first char of a functions means "private". Thats an undocumented Cadence internal SKILL function which  might be changed without notice. We not want our customers to use these. The function you mention is probably about Layer Palete manipulation.

What is the underlying problem of your question? What are you trying to achieve? 

 Kind regards,

Marc

The Object menu on the left side of the OPUS window has +Shapes, +Boundaries, +Soft Blocks and +Blockages. When I use that menu to V (visual) or S (select), I don't want to shroll down the long list of items. The "nil" at the end of the commands compresses the menu items.

Roger,

Not sure which version you are using, but in IC616 there are two public functions, pteExpand() and pteCollapse(). In fact the private function you reference doesn't exist any more (which shows the danger of using a private function). So for example you can use:

pteExpand("Boundaries" "Objects")

or pteCollapse() with the same arguments. That said, everything shows up collapsed by default anyway, so not sure you even need this?

Andrew.

Cypress Semiconductor in San Jose, CA are using:

sub-version  IC6.1.5.500.9  (32-bit addresses)

 Is this placed in the .cdsinit file?

 I'll try it.

Thanks, Roger

Roger,

The functions I mentioned are new in IC616 - I just checked. Also, in IC616 the behaviour has been changed so that the palette items are collapsed by default anyway.

I just wrote some code which enables this in IC615, but uses some private functions and so I have encrypted it and added some checks so that it doesn't do anything in IC616 - other than print a warning that it is redundant.

To use the attached file, use:

load("~/skill/abCollapseAllObjects.ile" "1036035")
abRegAutoCollapseObjectsOnOpen()

Of course, change the path in the load function to where you've installed the file. The second argument must remain as it is a password for the encryption.

Having done this, any time you open a layout window, it will attempt to collapse the items in the objects palette. It doesn't do it when you push or pop the layout window - the assumption is that if you've expanded it, you want to stay expanded in that window.

Regards,

Andrew.