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Environment Variable for Polar Plot

kolep

1. Can someone confirm that the following env variables are correct because they don't affect the plot?

envSetVal("viva.polarGrid" "numCircles" 'string "2")
envSetVal("viva.polarGrid" "numRadials" 'string "2")

2. When I save the plot via File>Save Image, the rings are disappear. In the GUI, the Axis and Grids are greyed out. Is there any way to change it, preferable using envSetVal?

3. I learned that there are two ways to use the env variables. See below:
     option 1 : envSetVal("viva.polarGrid" "numCircles" 'string "2") via cdsinit
     option 2 : viva.polarGrid numCircles string "1" via cdsenv
   Which one is the proper one? is there a way to load cdsenv without restarting cadence?

  • Andrew Beckett

    There appears to be a bug that numCIrcles doesn't work. I filed a Cadence Change Request (CCR) #3249057 to get this fixed.

    numRadials does work for me though - I tested it.

    The save image seems to not work if you use the "Replace background color with ..." option. If that's turned off, you get the grid (same is true if you turn on the render exactly as window option). 

    Anyway, I filed a CCR for that too #3249063

    It doesn't matter whether you put envSetVal in .cdsinit or use a ~/.cdsenv file (there are a small number of variables that only work in .cdsenv because they need to be set before Virtuoso fully starts or affect other applications like the library manager, but in general they are interchangeable). You can load a .cdsenv file using envLoadFile("~/.cdsenv")

    Andrew

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