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How to open two layouts, copy them into a third and save

LostInRTN

I'm writing a script that will run automatically using icfb -nograph -replay script.il. I need it to open three layouts, and copy all the contents of two of the layouts into the third, then save it, close and exit.

I was originally going to use (procedure and let's omitted):
      window1 = dbOpenCellViewByType(Dir Name1 "layout" "" "w")
      window2 = dbOpenCellViewByType(Dir Name2 "layout" "" "r")
      geSelectAll()
      geCopySelSet()
      hiSetCurrentWindow(window1)
      mouseAddPt()
      dbClose(window2)
      window3 = dbOpenCellViewByType(Dir Name3 "layout" "" "r")
      geSelectAll()
      geCopySelSet()
      hiSetCurrentWindow(window1)
      mouseAddPt()  ;
      dbClose(window3)
      dbSave(window1)
      dbClose(window1)
However, dbOpenCellViewByType opens it in memory but doesn't open a window, so the geSelectAll() won't work. geOpen() just opens a design, but not a window- should I use hiOpenWindow + geOpen?

Also, the object returned by dbOpenCellViewByType doesn't match what hiSetCurrentWindow wants. And, I'm not sure how to end the geCopySelSet command- it wants a location to put the copied objects and there's no user to click the mouse.

 Thanks for any help

Tom Spargo

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  • Ah yes, I forgot about instances etc. so Andrew's suggestion is really a better approach, and simpler too.
    Just for a brief reference, the dbFlattenInst() function is shown here:

    dbFlattenInst(
      d_instId
      x_levels
      [ g_flattenPCells ]
      [ g_preservePins ]
      [ g_preserveRODobjs ]
    )

    So the code might look something like this:

    procedure(CCScopyCellsToNew(@key lib1 cell1 (view1 "layout")
       lib2 cell2 (view2 "layout")
       libName cellName (viewName "layout") "ttttttttt")
      let(Cv_dest Cv_src1 Cv_src2 id1 id2)
       if(Cv_dest = dbOpenCellViewByType(libName cellName viewName "maskLayout" "w") then
        Cv_src1 = dbOpenCellViewByType(lib1 cell1 view1 "maskLayout" "r")
        Cv_src2 = dbOpenCellViewByType(lib2 cell2 view2 "maksLayout" "r")
        id1 = dbCreateInst(Cv_dest Cv_src1 "I1" 0:0 "R0")
        id2 = dbCreateInst(Cv_dest Cv_src2 "I2" 0:0 "R0")
        dbFlattenInst(id1 32 t t t)
        dbFlattenInst(id2 32 t t t)
        dbSave(Cv_dest)
        dbClose(Cv_dest)
        dbClose(Cv_src1)
        dbClose(Cv_src2)
       else
        warn("CCScopyCellsToNew: could not open destination cell for writing: %s %s %s" libName cellName viewName)
       ); if
      ); let
    ); procedure CCScopyCellsToNew

     

    This is completely untested, I just typed it in, but I expect it is about right, though it may need some tweaking or debugging.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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  • Ah yes, I forgot about instances etc. so Andrew's suggestion is really a better approach, and simpler too.
    Just for a brief reference, the dbFlattenInst() function is shown here:

    dbFlattenInst(
      d_instId
      x_levels
      [ g_flattenPCells ]
      [ g_preservePins ]
      [ g_preserveRODobjs ]
    )

    So the code might look something like this:

    procedure(CCScopyCellsToNew(@key lib1 cell1 (view1 "layout")
       lib2 cell2 (view2 "layout")
       libName cellName (viewName "layout") "ttttttttt")
      let(Cv_dest Cv_src1 Cv_src2 id1 id2)
       if(Cv_dest = dbOpenCellViewByType(libName cellName viewName "maskLayout" "w") then
        Cv_src1 = dbOpenCellViewByType(lib1 cell1 view1 "maskLayout" "r")
        Cv_src2 = dbOpenCellViewByType(lib2 cell2 view2 "maksLayout" "r")
        id1 = dbCreateInst(Cv_dest Cv_src1 "I1" 0:0 "R0")
        id2 = dbCreateInst(Cv_dest Cv_src2 "I2" 0:0 "R0")
        dbFlattenInst(id1 32 t t t)
        dbFlattenInst(id2 32 t t t)
        dbSave(Cv_dest)
        dbClose(Cv_dest)
        dbClose(Cv_src1)
        dbClose(Cv_src2)
       else
        warn("CCScopyCellsToNew: could not open destination cell for writing: %s %s %s" libName cellName viewName)
       ); if
      ); let
    ); procedure CCScopyCellsToNew

     

    This is completely untested, I just typed it in, but I expect it is about right, though it may need some tweaking or debugging.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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