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bharath2k4er

 Hi ,

           I am drawing path in virtuoso. Whenever i draw path in 45 degress, i will get the off-grid errors. Is there any script which will adjust the grid automatically when i draw path in 45 deg.??  I know that if i drw a polygon i will not get the error, but i wanted to path only because of its properties..

 

 

T hanks for your constant support,

Bharath. 

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  • Hi Bharath,

    Unfortunately you can't really do this path enlargening just for certain segments of the path, because paths have a common width for all segments. The alternative would be to have separate paths for each segment, but then you'll have problems with the ends overlapping (or leaving gaps). With pathSegs, octagonal ends are used to solve this problem, with some very careful adjustments taken care by the create wire command.

    However, in IC5141, there is a capability in te Turbo Toolbox (if my memory is correct) called "poly paths" (or something like this) which solves the problem by creating and editing like a path, but the shape produced is actually a polygon.

    Obviously with a polygon you only have the vertices to worry about, and not the centre line too, so it's easy to keep on grid.

    Best Regards,

    Andrew
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  • Hi Bharath,

    Unfortunately you can't really do this path enlargening just for certain segments of the path, because paths have a common width for all segments. The alternative would be to have separate paths for each segment, but then you'll have problems with the ends overlapping (or leaving gaps). With pathSegs, octagonal ends are used to solve this problem, with some very careful adjustments taken care by the create wire command.

    However, in IC5141, there is a capability in te Turbo Toolbox (if my memory is correct) called "poly paths" (or something like this) which solves the problem by creating and editing like a path, but the shape produced is actually a polygon.

    Obviously with a polygon you only have the vertices to worry about, and not the centre line too, so it's easy to keep on grid.

    Best Regards,

    Andrew
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