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Virtuoso Layout XL/GXL -- rasterizing an anyAngle polygon onto a grid

Greetings all,

I'm laying out some complex metal structures in a backend process who's design rules only allow metal at multiple of 45 degree angles. Several of my structures utilize other angles, on the gross macroscopic level -- i.e. tapers, etc.

Is there a method (including a SKILL solution) to rasterize a drawn or defined polygon utilizing anyAngle for the snap mode (versus diagonal, horizontal, or vertical) or a microwave taper on to a process grid? It's understood that the edges would necessarily be jagged on the resolution of the grid size.

I am, admittedly, inexperienced with SKILL.

I was able to find a solution to rasterize a circle (http://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/38/t/22352), but it doesn't address my requirement. The alternative is to rasterize these shapes in MATLAB, generate a set of vertices and create a simple SKILL script to generate a polygon.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

-J

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Andrew Beckett over 10 years ago

Jack,

I just wrote this - I didn't thoroughly test it, but hopefully it does what you want. For example, select the polygon, and do:

abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge(car(geGetSelSet()) 0.01)

Regards,

Andrew.

/* abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge.il

Author     A.D.Beckett
Group      Custom IC (UK), Cadence Design Systems Ltd.
Language   SKILL
Date       Jul 28, 2015 
Modified   
By         

Convert a non-orthogonal edged polygon to a stepped
polygon (with grid-sized steps)

***************************************************

SCCS Info: @(#) abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge.il 07/28/15.10:40:52 1.1

*/

/***************************************************************
*                                                              *
*         (abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge polygon grid)         *
*                                                              *
*   Take a polygon object and update any non-orthonal edges    *
*                 to be stepped in grid steps.                 *
*                                                              *
***************************************************************/

(defun abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge (polygon grid)
  (let (newPoints lastPoint beginX endX beginY endY)
    (unless (equal (getq polygon objType) "polygon")
      (error "abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge: %L is not a polygon - %L\n"
             polygon (getq polygon objType)))
    (setq lastPoint (car (last (getq polygon points))))
    (foreach point (getq polygon points)
             (if (or
                   (equal (setq endX (xCoord point)) 
                          (setq beginX (xCoord lastPoint)))
                   (equal (setq endY (yCoord point))
                          (setq beginY (yCoord lastPoint))))
               (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints point))
               (let (steps incrX incrY curX curY newX newY)
                 ;-------------------------------------------------------
                 ; Calculate the number of steps on the edge and the
                 ; increments to use
                 ;-------------------------------------------------------
                 (setq steps 
                       (max 
                         (ceiling (abs (quotient (difference endX beginX) grid)))
                         (ceiling (abs (quotient (difference endY beginY) grid)))))
                 (setq incrX (quotient (difference endX beginX) steps))
                 (setq incrY (quotient (difference endY beginY) steps))
                 (setq curX beginX)
                 (setq curY beginY)
                 (for step 1 (sub1 steps)
                      ;--------------------------------------------------
                      ; Calculate new points and put on grid
                      ;--------------------------------------------------
                      (setq newX 
                            (times (round (quotient 
                                            (plus beginX (times incrX step))
                                            grid)) grid))
                      (setq newY 
                            (times (round (quotient 
                                            (plus beginY (times incrY step))
                                            grid)) grid))
                      ;--------------------------------------------------
                      ; Only add the point if both the X and Y value changed
                      ; otherwise it's colinear
                      ;--------------------------------------------------
                      (unless (or (equal newX curX) (equal newY curY))
                        (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list curX curY)))
                        (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list newX curY)))
                        (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list newX newY)))
                        (setq curX newX)
                        (setq curY newY)
                        )
                      )
                 ;-------------------------------------------------------
                 ; Always add the final step
                 ;-------------------------------------------------------
                 (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list curX curY)))
                 (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list xCoord(point) curY)))
                 (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints point))
                 ))
             (setq lastPoint point)
             )
    ;--------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; Finally update the point list on the polygon and return it
    ;--------------------------------------------------------------------
    (putpropq polygon (car newPoints) points)
    polygon
    )
  )

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Andrew Beckett over 10 years ago

Jack,

I just wrote this - I didn't thoroughly test it, but hopefully it does what you want. For example, select the polygon, and do:

abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge(car(geGetSelSet()) 0.01)

Regards,

Andrew.

/* abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge.il

Author     A.D.Beckett
Group      Custom IC (UK), Cadence Design Systems Ltd.
Language   SKILL
Date       Jul 28, 2015 
Modified   
By         

Convert a non-orthogonal edged polygon to a stepped
polygon (with grid-sized steps)

***************************************************

SCCS Info: @(#) abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge.il 07/28/15.10:40:52 1.1

*/

/***************************************************************
*                                                              *
*         (abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge polygon grid)         *
*                                                              *
*   Take a polygon object and update any non-orthonal edges    *
*                 to be stepped in grid steps.                 *
*                                                              *
***************************************************************/

(defun abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge (polygon grid)
  (let (newPoints lastPoint beginX endX beginY endY)
    (unless (equal (getq polygon objType) "polygon")
      (error "abConvertPolygonToSteppedEdge: %L is not a polygon - %L\n"
             polygon (getq polygon objType)))
    (setq lastPoint (car (last (getq polygon points))))
    (foreach point (getq polygon points)
             (if (or
                   (equal (setq endX (xCoord point)) 
                          (setq beginX (xCoord lastPoint)))
                   (equal (setq endY (yCoord point))
                          (setq beginY (yCoord lastPoint))))
               (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints point))
               (let (steps incrX incrY curX curY newX newY)
                 ;-------------------------------------------------------
                 ; Calculate the number of steps on the edge and the
                 ; increments to use
                 ;-------------------------------------------------------
                 (setq steps 
                       (max 
                         (ceiling (abs (quotient (difference endX beginX) grid)))
                         (ceiling (abs (quotient (difference endY beginY) grid)))))
                 (setq incrX (quotient (difference endX beginX) steps))
                 (setq incrY (quotient (difference endY beginY) steps))
                 (setq curX beginX)
                 (setq curY beginY)
                 (for step 1 (sub1 steps)
                      ;--------------------------------------------------
                      ; Calculate new points and put on grid
                      ;--------------------------------------------------
                      (setq newX 
                            (times (round (quotient 
                                            (plus beginX (times incrX step))
                                            grid)) grid))
                      (setq newY 
                            (times (round (quotient 
                                            (plus beginY (times incrY step))
                                            grid)) grid))
                      ;--------------------------------------------------
                      ; Only add the point if both the X and Y value changed
                      ; otherwise it's colinear
                      ;--------------------------------------------------
                      (unless (or (equal newX curX) (equal newY curY))
                        (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list curX curY)))
                        (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list newX curY)))
                        (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list newX newY)))
                        (setq curX newX)
                        (setq curY newY)
                        )
                      )
                 ;-------------------------------------------------------
                 ; Always add the final step
                 ;-------------------------------------------------------
                 (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list curX curY)))
                 (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints (list xCoord(point) curY)))
                 (setq newPoints (tconc newPoints point))
                 ))
             (setq lastPoint point)
             )
    ;--------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; Finally update the point list on the polygon and return it
    ;--------------------------------------------------------------------
    (putpropq polygon (car newPoints) points)
    polygon
    )
  )

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