*Error* _hiExportImage: Unable to allocate image of size (1010851,1621501)

I'm not sure what you mean by "executing the command in a stretch"? Anyway, I found one report of something similar, CCR 850049. I would suggest that you log a service request with customer support, with the details of how to reproduce it (reference this CCR number) so this can get into R&D.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

"executing the command in a stretch" means I copied and pasted the whole code into ciw window.

I will file a service request.

Regards

Denil

Hi Denil,

I reproduced your problem in IC614; it doesn't appear to happen in IC615 though.

If you're just looking at a way of automating generation of the image, this will work (uses your Lib and cellname variables):

wid=hiCreateWindow(list(0:0 800:800) "none" "Export Window")
wid~>neverCurrentWindow=t
deOpenCellView(Lib cellname "layout" "maskLayout" wid "r")
hiExportImage(?fileName cellname ?window wid)
hiCloseWindow(wid)

The window is never displayed on the screen in this case, so no flashing to the user - so that might be useful?

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi,

Thank you so much.My main aim was do the same .And it worked fine.

I have raised a Service Request [#42421378] for the warning which I got.

Regards

denil

I encountered the same error when I used the method in soultion 11617718.

I'm running IC615

Thankfully your suggestion cleaned things up. The neverCurrentWindow was a nice touch!

Might I recommend to update that solution with this code?

Regards,

Aaron

Aaron,

There's already a link at the bottom of that solution to another solution which uses hiGenerateThumbnails - which is probably an even easier way of doing it...

Kind Regards,

Andrew.

Andrew,

I actually found that hiGenerateThumbnails did a poor job generating layout images. It would show the layout with just outlines of the block not that actual block itself (I'm not sure if it's standard but the same as if I hit the '0' key). What I was looking for was exactly what I see when I open a layout.

Maybe there is an option you can pass to it to stop what I mention?

-Aaron

Hi Aaron,

envSetVal("ui.thumbnails" "stopLevel" 'int 32)

The default is -1, which means to use the default stopLevel (which is what it would have been if  you'd opened the layout in a window yourself; i.e. the stopLevel stored in the cellView, or in the library, or on the tech lib, or in the cdsenv - in that order) - but if you specify it as above, it will override the stopLevel for the duration of the thumbnail creation.

This was implemented in IC615 ISR11 (6.1.5.500.11).

Regards,

Andrew.