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Auto contact SKILL function

Yaosan
Yaosan over 15 years ago

Can someone please point me to the SKILL function used to invoke the auto contact feature (i.e. create via -> auto) in Virtuoso? I would like to use this function to automatically insert vias instead of doing it by manually clicking where I want the auto via to appear.

If there is no such public SKILL function available (any idea why?), can someone please suggest how should I go about coding such a function myself. I'm thinking of using dbLayerAnd, dbGetOverlap etc. to find the intersection area, but I'm not sure if I can traverse the hierarchy and get the shapes and net underneath the intersection area.

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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    skillUser over 15 years ago

    Hi again Yaosan,

    I just searched and found Solution 11185634

    Additionally there is a solution which uses dbGetOverlaps which may help: Solution 11304230

    Hopefully this will help you.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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  • skillUser
    skillUser over 15 years ago

    Hi again Yaosan,

    I just searched and found Solution 11185634

    Additionally there is a solution which uses dbGetOverlaps which may help: Solution 11304230

    Hopefully this will help you.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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