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How to turn off automatic dimming in layout

matti25

Hello,

I would like to ask you, how to turn off the automatic dimming of layout enviromend (Options->Display->Automatic Dimming) using .cdsinit, because this dimming is turned on by default. I have already tried this commands (below), but no one of them worked and automatic dimming is still turned on:

envSetVal("layout" "dimmingAutoEnabled" 'boolean nil)
envSetVal("graphic" "dimmingAutoEnabled" 'boolean nil)
envSetVal("layout" "dimmingIntensity" 'int 0)
envSetVal("graphic" "dimmingIntensity" 'int 0)

Thanks,
Matej.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    The other possibility is that the dimming settings have been saved to the cellView, the library or the technology library (there are buttons at the bottom of the Options->Display form to do this). You can check by:

    1. Opening the File->Properties form (i.e. shift Q) to look at the cellView properties. On the Properties tab, look to see if there are lots of properties, with "dimming" in the name too - they will have the same names as the cdsenv vars (so dimmingOn, dimmingAutoEnabled etc). 
    2. In the library manager, over your library, do right mouse button->properties. If there's a property called "viewProps" with an EXPAND button next to it, press that button. If on the resulting form there's a property called "maskLayout" with a button "EXPAND" click on that. You will then see a similar set of properties.
    3. You could do the same step as 2, but over your technology library

    You could delete the relevant properties yourself, or for 2 or 3 (if you have permissions) delete the enter maskLayout property set. Alternatively on the Options->Display form there's a "Delete From" button which will delete all the display properties in one shot (from the scope set in the radio button above - cellView, library, technology library).

    In essence, the cdsenv settings are overridden by technology library settings, library settings and finally cellView settings in that order.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    The other possibility is that the dimming settings have been saved to the cellView, the library or the technology library (there are buttons at the bottom of the Options->Display form to do this). You can check by:

    1. Opening the File->Properties form (i.e. shift Q) to look at the cellView properties. On the Properties tab, look to see if there are lots of properties, with "dimming" in the name too - they will have the same names as the cdsenv vars (so dimmingOn, dimmingAutoEnabled etc). 
    2. In the library manager, over your library, do right mouse button->properties. If there's a property called "viewProps" with an EXPAND button next to it, press that button. If on the resulting form there's a property called "maskLayout" with a button "EXPAND" click on that. You will then see a similar set of properties.
    3. You could do the same step as 2, but over your technology library

    You could delete the relevant properties yourself, or for 2 or 3 (if you have permissions) delete the enter maskLayout property set. Alternatively on the Options->Display form there's a "Delete From" button which will delete all the display properties in one shot (from the scope set in the radio button above - cellView, library, technology library).

    In essence, the cdsenv settings are overridden by technology library settings, library settings and finally cellView settings in that order.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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