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Edit Snap Mode is being set to "anyAngle" on startup - Virtuoso XL 6.1.8-64b.500.21

dietSprunk

I'd like my snap modes to be set to "diagonal" on startup of Virtuoso XL.  However, on my present project, create snap mode is set to "diagonal", and edit snap mode is set to "anyAngle" on startup.  I wasn't aware that there were separate controls in the .cdsenv to set these differently on startup.  I have the following set in my .cdsenv in my home directory:

layout segSnapMode string "diagonal"
layout snapMode string "diagonal"

How do I get edit snap mode set to "diagonal" on startup?

  • There's a couple of possibilities here. First of all, in the CIW, if you do: envGetVal("layout" "segSnapMode") after startup, does it return "diagonal"? If so, then it may be that there is a property on your library or technology library overriding the default. You can check this by going over your library or technology library in the library manager and doing Right Mouse->Properties and looking for a property called viewProps with an "EXPAND" button, and then within that there would be a property called "maskLayout" with a button "EXPAND" and within that a property called segSnapMode - which you could then delete or change.

    If it doesn't return "diagonal", then there's probably an envSetVal in your .cdsinit or central .cdisnit somewhere. You could then put:

    envSetVal("layout" "segSnapMode" 'string "diagonal")

    in your .cdsinit, presumably somewhere that you can guarantee that your envSetVal is called after some central setup?

    Regards,

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    The envGetVal() call listed above returned "anyAngle".  I went into the library properties and changed it manually to "diagonal" and that seems to work.

    For some reason, putting the envSetVal() function as listed above in my .cdsinit didn't do anything.

    This works fine for what I want though.

    Thanks for the help Andrew.

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