How to add prefix to all instances

 Hi maven

The following COS solutions work on cells listed in the library manager. It is not exactly what you have requested but I think it can also solve your problem. You can first do a hierarchical copy of your top cell to a new library before applying the skillscript.

11026492 : How can I rename all cells in a library with a specific prefix?
11166194 : Add prefix/suffix to only some cells

Hope that this helps you. : )

Best regards
Quek

Thanks Quek,

Your link gave me an idea to approach the problem.

But the solution in the COS used ddGetObj() function which cannot traverse to the instances of a cell.

So i used dbOpenCellVeiwByType() to get instances but its not effective could not complete the program.

Could you suggest me a function which can traverse through libname~>cellname~>instances for a given libname and cellname.

 (dont tell me geEditCellView())

If i can get that then my script is done.

Thanks,

Maven.

Hi Maven

You can use the following skillscript. It will find all subcells in a top cell and write the cellnames to a file. You can then use solution 11166194 to do the renaming. : )  Save the script as "findcells.il" in your working directory and execute it as follows:

load "findcells.il"
CCSwriteCells("myLib" "myTopCell" "myView")

where "myView" can be either schematic or layout. The cell names will be written to a file named "list_cell".

procedure( CCSfindAllCells(myLib myTopCell myView)
   prog( (allSubCells topCv allInsts cellList)
      allSubCells=list()
      topCv=dbOpenCellViewByType(myLib myTopCell myView)
      allInsts=topCv~>instances
      foreach( inst allInsts
         unless( member(inst~>cellName allSubCells)
            allSubCells=append1(allSubCells inst~>cellName)
            cellList=CCSfindAllCells(inst~>libName
                inst~>cellName inst~>viewName)
            if( listp(cellList) then
               allSubCells=append(allSubCells cellList)             
            ) ;if
         ) ;unless
      ) ;foreach
      return(allSubCells)
   ) ;prog
) ;procedure

procedure( CCSwriteCells(myLib myTopCell myView)
   let( (outPort cellList)
      outPort=outfile("list_cell")
      cellList=CCSfindAllCells(myLib myTopCell myView)
      foreach(cell cellList
         fprintf(outPort "%s\n" cell)
      ) ;foreach
      close(outPort)
      outPort=nil
      printf("List of subcells have been written to file list_cell\n")
   ) ;let
) ;procedure

Hope that this helps you. : )


Best regards
Quek

Hi Quek, the link you shared here is not working here anymore. Is it possible for you to paste the code here? I know it is 9 years old post, but, your solution seems more relevant to the problem I have right now.  

I fixed the links for Quek - so they are now working.

Thanks a lot, Andrew! I really appreciate your promptest response!