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Automatically instantiate title block on new schematics

mhowell67

I've seen SKILL that can go through a library and automatically add an instances to existing schematics but this is not the best solution for us due to our data management system and the need to checkout every schematic which can be disruptive. (That's a serious run-on sentence.)

Is there a way to automatically instantiate a specific library/cell/symbol in a new schematic?  We require that all our schematics have a title block but more often than not we (designers) forget to place it. Is is possible to "force the issue" through SKILL automation?  What I would like is that the enduser does nothing different; they simple create a new schematic like they normally do with the only change being that there is a title block instantiated automatically.

Hope my description is clear.

Regards,

 

 

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  • Hi Fabrice,

    Rather than adding a CDF parameter, open the symbol for the titleBlock, and do Edit->Properties->CellView (or whatever the cellVIew properties menu is called) and add a string property to the cellVIew with name nlAction, value "ignore".

    I suspect what you've done is add it as a CDF parameter with storeDefault=yes - and that will only be triggered to add an instance property nlAction=ignore when you explicitly place an instance with Create Instance. So rather than that, put the property on the placed master (the symbol view) and then it will always be picked up regardless of how the instance is placed.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Hi Fabrice,

    Rather than adding a CDF parameter, open the symbol for the titleBlock, and do Edit->Properties->CellView (or whatever the cellVIew properties menu is called) and add a string property to the cellVIew with name nlAction, value "ignore".

    I suspect what you've done is add it as a CDF parameter with storeDefault=yes - and that will only be triggered to add an instance property nlAction=ignore when you explicitly place an instance with Create Instance. So rather than that, put the property on the placed master (the symbol view) and then it will always be picked up regardless of how the instance is placed.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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