How to add a list of model files into ADE form through command line.

If you want to do it in advance of starting ADE, you can use

envSetVal("spectre.envOpts" "modelFiles" 'string "path1.scs;section1 path2.scs;section2")

If you want to do it for the current ADE session, then you can use:

asiSetEnvOptionVal(asiGetCurrentSession() "modelFiles"
  list(
    list("path1.scs" "section1")
    list("path2.scs" "section2")
  )
)

If you don't need the section specifying, miss out the ; bits in the envSetVal, or miss out the second entry in each sublist.

Regards,

Andrew.

Dear Andrew,

When added envSetVal("spectre.envOpts" "modelFiles" 'string "path1.scs;section1 path2.scs;section2") in .cdsint, at ADE start-up the model files are NOT getting added.

But in CIW if I type the above command & then I restart ADE form, it is getting populated with the desired model files.

Could you please tell what is the reason ?

Kind Regards,

Maybe you're using a PDK that is already trying to set the model files and that is happening after you are setting it in the .cdsinit. This could be done either by it doing the envSetVal(), or I've also seen PDKs using the asiSetEnvOptionVal approach, but passing asiGetTool('spectre) as the first argument rather than asiGetCurrentSession().

So do your customization, open the schematic, and then before starting ADE, check the output of:

envGetVal("spectre.envOpts" "modelFiles")

and

asiGetEnvOptionVal(asiGetTool('spectre) "modelFiles")

Regards,

Andrew.

Well, I think it will be better for me to append model files.

I tried with append(). But it didn't work. Could you please tell the exact syntax with list() in it.

RFStuff said:

I tried with append(). But it didn't work. Could you please tell the exact syntax with list() in it.

Not sure I can answer this without know the answers to my previous question, but here's a stab. If using asiSetEnvOptionVal, use:

asiSetEnvOptionVal(asiGetTool('spectre) "modelFiles"
  append(
    asiGetEnvOptionVal(asiGetTool('spectre) "modelFiles")
    list(
      list("path1.scs" "section1")
      list("path2.scs" "section2")
    )
  )
)

Or if using the envSetVal approach, it would be:

envSetVal("spectre.envOpts" "modelFiles" 'string
  strcat(envGetVal("spectre.envOpts" "modelFiles")
    " path1.scs;section1 path2.scs;section2") ; note the leading space in the string
)

The first would be asiGetCurrentSession() in both places rather than asiGetTool() if you're doing it for the currently open ADE.

Regards,

Andrew.

Dear Andrew,

Thanks for your reply.

Answer to your previous to previous question:- When I did

envGetVal("spectre.envOpts" "modelFiles")

It prints the location,model file name and type which I by default see in the Model-setup list of ADe

When I enter

asiGetEnvOptionVal(asiGetTool('spectre) "modelFiles")

It prints same as above.

Kind Regards,

The issue is likely to be complicated by whether you have a PDK with a libInit.il that doesn't get loaded until after your .cdsinit - and this might be also setting the model libraries and clobber your setting. You can generally force that by putting this expression in your .cdsinit :

ddGetObj("gpdk045")->techLibName

the ddGetObj is enough to trigger the "firstAccessLib" trigger of the library, which would load the libInit.il . The property is just something arbitrary to look at  - doesn't really matter. Of course, you'd replace gpdk045 with whatever library name you want. Then having forced the libInit.il to be loaded, you can append the modelFiles however you want in the safe knowledge that the libInit.il won't get loaded again.

Regards,

Andrew.