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selecting at particular location

Rojalin
Rojalin over 13 years ago

Hii,

 Can anybody say how to select objects at a particular coordinates??

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  • Quek
    Quek over 13 years ago

    Hi Rojalin

    Please use geSelectPoint. You can refer to $CDSHOME/doc/skdfref/skdfref.pdf for more details.

    Best regards
    Quek

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  • Rojalin
    Rojalin over 13 years ago

    hi,

       thanks Quek.

    I want to put via at the point where my cursor is.

    So  when i give this command geSelectPoint(hiGetCommandPoint() It is showing error like

       hiGetWStruct:arg must be wtype.

     So can you please say how to resolve this.

     

    Thanks

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  • Quek
    Quek over 13 years ago

    Hi Rojalin

    Please use geSelectPoint(hiGetCurrentWindow() hiGetCommandPoint()). Please refer to $CDSHOME/doc/skdfref/skdfref.pdf for more details on the cmd syntax.

    Best regards
    Quek

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  • Rojalin
    Rojalin over 13 years ago

    Hi,

      I got the point of location where i need to put via by points object from the metal layer.But i am unable to put via there by using dbcreatevia() syntax.

    Can anybody say how to put via there??Is there any other option??

     

    Thanks,

    Rojalin

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago

    Why can't you use dbCreateVia?

    Andrew.

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  • Rojalin
    Rojalin over 13 years ago

    hi,

      In dbCreatevia one parameter via_defid is there.How to get that parameter?

     

    Thanks,

    Rojalin

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago
    Rojalin,

    Use techFindViaDefByName()

    Andrew.
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  • Rojalin
    Rojalin over 13 years ago

    hi.

       By using that function it is showing like undefined function.

     

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago
    What version are you using? You didn't say...

    The dbCreateVia and techFindViaDefByName functions only exist in IC61X.

    Regards,

    Andrew
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  • Rojalin
    Rojalin over 13 years ago

    I am using IC5 version.

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