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troubles setting default layout-XL pin label text style

drdanmc

I am trying to set my defaults such that in layout-XL, pins are created with:

[checked] create label as:  [text display]

and the label style options should have

Layer Name:  same as pin

Layer Purpose: "label".

I have tried these in my .cdsinit:

envSetVal( "layout" "pinTextPurpose" 'string "label" )
envSetVal( "layout" "pinTextSamePurpose" 'boolean nil )
envSetVal( "layout" "pinTextSameLayer" 'boolean t )

;; works with initIOLabelType in layoutXL
envSetVal( "layout" "createPinLabel" 'boolean t )

;; Specifies the type of label that Layout XL generates for I/O pins.
;; When set to None, no pin label is created
;; For this environment variable to take effect, you must also set the
;; Layout L environment variable createPinLabel to t.
envSetVal( "layoutXL" "initIOLabelType" 'string "Text Display")

but unfortunately, what I'm getting is that the layer purpose is coming in as "drawing" instead of "label".

I'm striking out in the manual, looking through <cdsroot>/tools.lnx86/dfII/etc/tools/<tool>/.cdsenv, etc.

What is extra weird is I can check the settings immediately before going to the 'update components and nets' dialog and they are correct and then once I get the set pin label text style window open, it changes.  But maybe there is some other setting for the default in layout-XL and that is causing the overwrite?

envGetVal( "layout" "pinTextPurpose" )
"label"
lxHiUpdateComponentsAndNets()
INFO (LX-1063): Building the update components and nets form...
hiiSetCurrentForm('lxTemplateForm)
lxTemplateForm->templateTab->value=2
(lxiLGTextStyleCB)
envGetVal( "layout" "pinTextPurpose" )
"drawing"

Such a simple thing.....

-Dan

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Dan,

    I'm just wading through some old posts - and realised I never responded to this. The only way I can make this fail is if the label purpose is not defined in the tech file (or I use a purpose name that doesn't exist) - it reverts to one that does.

    If that's not it, I suggest you contact customer support (you may have done so already).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Dan,

    I'm just wading through some old posts - and realised I never responded to this. The only way I can make this fail is if the label purpose is not defined in the tech file (or I use a purpose name that doesn't exist) - it reverts to one that does.

    If that's not it, I suggest you contact customer support (you may have done so already).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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