How to place components in Schematic editor in MATRIX form using SKILL command

Do you really need the SKILL for this, or can you use the capability that's already there on both the Create Instance and Copy commands (hit F3 if you don't see the form)? You can specify the number of rows and columns, and then click to start placing the rows and columns.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your reply.

I want the SKILL one. I need to copy some objects and then replicate in matrix format. The problem is in schematic editor is how I can I measure the distance between two points and so on.....

Select the objects, and then use this code. For example:

CCFcopyMatrix(5 3 1.0 1.5)

You can turn on the coordinates by using Options->Display Options->Coordinates on Status Banner to get an idea of the dimensions.

Regards,

Andrew

procedure(CCFcopyMatrix(cols rows xPitch yPitch @key (cv geGetEditCellView()) (objs geGetSelSet()) (orient "R0"))
    let((transform)
        ;----------------------------------------------------------------
        ; Start with column 1 so that it is offset from the source objects
        ; in the x-direction only
        ;----------------------------------------------------------------
        for(col 1 cols
            for(row 0 rows-1
                transform=list(col*xPitch:row*yPitch orient)
                foreach(obj objs
                    schCopy(obj cv transform)
                )
            )
        )
        t
    )
)

Thanks  a lot

Could you please tell the document name containing Schematic Editor related SKILL commands

Teach a man how to fish...

1. `cds_root virtuoso`/tools/bin/cdnshelp
2. search for schCopy
3. Click on the schCopy link or the document name or the PDF icon. If one of the first two are given, it gives the path to the document - whereas the PDF will have directly opened the PDF itself.