How to converts top level shape's bBox transform into a lower level(hierarchy depth) cell ?

If it was a single level, you'd use dbTransformBBox() with the inst~>transform (actually that's going to be the wrong way around - that would transform from the instance coordinate space to the top level, not the other way. There is a function in IC5141 called icDbInvertTransform, but it's not documented in IC61X (it's part of Preview so whilst the function still exists in the IC614 build, it may be removed at some point) - so it would be safer to write your own (not hard). If you want to handle more than one level of hierarchy, you'd need to concatenate the transformations down through the hierarchy to the right instance by using dbConcatTransform.

If the path to the instance is in the same form as returned by dbGet*Overlaps (e.g. dbGetTrueOverlaps) you could use geGetInstTransform to get the complete transformation - but again, this allows you to transform something from the level 2 coordinate space to level 0.

Regards,

Andrew.

You may be able to do what you need to do with these two commands. The description of the commands are identical, but basically one takes the coordinates from the data you are editing and translates to top level coordinates. The other takes the coordinates in the window and translates them to the coordinates for the cell you are editing in place.

geEditToWindowPoint(
w_windowId
l_editCellViewPoint
)
=> l_windowCellViewPoint

Translates coordinate values when you are using edit in place. geWindowToEditPoint applies the top-level cellview's coordinates to the cellview being edited; geEditToWindowPoint does the reverse.

geWindowToEditPoint(
w_windowId
l_windowCellViewPoint
)
=> l_editCellViewPoint

Translates coordinate values when you are using edit in place. geWindowToEditPoint applies the top-level cellview's coordinates to the cellview being edited; geEditToWindowPoint does the reverse.
 

 If you need to reverse a transform you can use this routine:

procedure(myReverseTransform(trans)
    let((pt rot mag newPt)
        pt=car(trans)
        rot=cadr(trans)
        mag=caddr(trans)
        ;Think of the logic in this manner:  given that an instance is
        ;rotated, translated and magnified in the top level, what do you
        ;need to do to get it back to normal orientation.  If it is R90
        ;at the top, you need to R270 to get back.
        case(rot
            ("R0"    newPt=list(xCoord(pt)*-1.0 yCoord(pt)*-1.0) rot="R0"  )
            ("R90"   newPt=list(yCoord(pt)*-1.0 xCoord(pt))      rot="R270")
            ("R180"  newPt=list(xCoord(pt)      yCoord(pt))      rot="R180")
            ("R270"  newPt=list(yCoord(pt)      xCoord(pt)*-1.0) rot="R90" )
            ("MX"    newPt=list(xCoord(pt)*-1.0 yCoord(pt))      rot="MX")
            ("MY"    newPt=list(xCoord(pt)      yCoord(pt)*-1.0) rot="MY")
            ("MXR90" newPt=list(yCoord(pt)*-1.0 xCoord(pt)*-1.0) rot="MXR90")
            ("MYR90" newPt=list(yCoord(pt)      xCoord(pt))      rot="MYR90")
            (t newPt=pt)
        )
        list(newPt rot mag)
    )
)

Here is a routine to combine a list of transforms into one. The transList argument is the list of transforms from the bottom of the hierarchy to the top.

procedure(myConcatTransforms(transList)
    let((newTrans trans)
        newTrans=list('(0.0 0.0) "R0" 1.0)
        ;transList is in order from bottom of hierarchy to top
        foreach(trans transList
            unless(trans
                trans=list('(0.0 0.0) "R0" 1.0)
            )
            when(listp(caar(trans)) trans=car(trans))
            newTrans=dbConcatTransform(newTrans trans)
        )
        newTrans
    )
)

I hope this helps.

Derek

Those functions only really make sense when using edit in place - in which case you'd get the window id using hiGetCurrentWindow() (say).

You'd already said that you didn't want to use edit in place, so I don't think they'll be useful to you?

Regards,

Andrew.

You need to use one of these commands:

hiGetCurrentWindow()

or

geGetCellViewWindow(geGetEditCellView())

Try using the Skill command startFinder() to see an interface to help you find commands and see their usage.

Derek