Command to return the Layer type in SKILL

 hey Lawrence ,

Thanks for replying to my questions . I have not used this turbo toolbox option in virtuoso can u guide me through this. 

thanks and regards,

MANJ 

Hi MANJ,

You can also pass the layer to search on to dbGetOverlaps/dbGetTrueOverlaps rather than doing it on all layers and then filtering.

One possibility to convert polygons to paths is using the SKILL that I wrote which a colleague published in solution 11037248

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi MANJ,

If you are using IC61x the Toolbox is enabled in VLS-L etc.by going to Options -> Toolbox and enabling it from there; this will add two toolbar menus, Toolbox-1 and Toolbox-2.  The documentation is a great place to start learning about all of the features, for example there is a Virtuoso Toolbox User Guide manual. The Turbo Toolbox also exists with the IC5141 release, as does the documentation, though it is enabled differently and looks different.

Regards,

Lawrence.

 hey Lawrence,

   I am refering the toolbox user guide manual which seems to be useful. Meanwhile can u help me out with following :

 ~>  delete all "text" Layer from the Layout.

Thanks and regards ,

MANJ 

hey all,

 I want to know the following: 

1) what does the following function dbDeleteRect( dbRectId rectId) and dbDeleteShape(dbShapeId shapeId). As I have asked earlier what function I am supposed to use to delete all the "text" Layer from a layout .

2)my script is bit lengthy and I want to reduce the length of the script by including a different SKILL program . We have properties like encapsulation, inheritance in OOPs similarly do we have any options to use fn of another SKILL program.

thanks and regards,

MANJ 

Hi Manj,

There are no such SKILL functions as dbDeleteRect or dbDeleteShape. You are reading about these in the Integrator's ToolKit documentation - these are C functions for interacting with the database. The SKILL function is called dbDeleteObject, which can be used for any object. If you find the text objects you're interested in, call dbDeleteObject() on these, and they will be gone.

Yes, you can call any SKILL function that is defined in the session. There is no such thing as a "program" as a single entity  - there are just defined functions.

Regards,

Andrew.

LPP=car(exists(LP cv~>lpps LP~>layerName=="text"))
foreach(shape LPP~>shapes dbDeleteObject(shape))

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi MANJ,

It may depend on whether you want to delete all text (labels & textDisplays) or just labels?  Anyway, here's something that may work:

;; get the current cellview db id
cv = geGetEditCellView()

;; get the text layer purpose database object
txtLp = car(setof(lp cv~>lpps lp~>layerName=="text" && lp~>purpose=="drawing"))

;; delete all labels and textDisplays
mapcar('dbDeleteObject txtLp~>shapes)

I tested this briefly and it deleted all the labels and textDisplays in my test.  If you want to limit it just to labels, then you might use another setof filter and check for shapes that have theLabel attribute, for example (this is not present on a textDisplay).  Another thing to consider is that you might want to toggle the visibility rather than deleting?

Best regards,

Lawrence.

>> 2)my script is bit lengthy and I want to reduce the length of the script by including a different SKILL program . We have properties like encapsulation, inheritance in OOPs similarly do we have any options to use fn of another SKILL program.

SKILL has all those capabilities, usually by using the built in object system. This is built on the LISP object system which works different than those found in other languages. You can also use procedural encapsulation which may be quicker to implement if you don't know SKILL very well.

 Ted

 hey all,

thanks for your reply. To understand " LISP object system " or "procedural encapsulation" can u post an example to understand. or Please guide me where i can look for it in "cdnshelp".

regards 

MANJ