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Objects selected in schematic, but car(selectedSet()) returns Nil

jasons

I'm trying to write a SKILL script to take the selected pins belonging to an instance placed into a schematic and create corresponding pins at the schematic level.  Sounds straightforward, right?  But after selecting a couple of these things in the schematic, I try to use the old standby css() or car(selectedSet()), but then I get a return value of Nil.  I haven't found any way to access these things.  When I do an "edit properties" in the schematic editor, I see the property name "instance pins", but then can't use the "select by property" setting the property to "instance pins" to select the objects.  When I use schHiSelectAll, and then in the pop-up window select only "pin" under the category "Instance Objects", these objects finally do get selected -- but again, css() returns Nil, and thus I can find no way to work with them in my script.  Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.  

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  • Hi, i face the same problem with you. I have the script to create all pins and nets from the the selected instance. But sometimes I still have the need to create net or pin from the selected pins belonging to an instance. I go through the "skdfref" documents,  and I find the function geGetObjectSelectedSet() meets our requirements well.  I think "edit properties" form use this function too.

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  • Hi, i face the same problem with you. I have the script to create all pins and nets from the the selected instance. But sometimes I still have the need to create net or pin from the selected pins belonging to an instance. I go through the "skdfref" documents,  and I find the function geGetObjectSelectedSet() meets our requirements well.  I think "edit properties" form use this function too.

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