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Open cellView in nograph

As I said in another post, recently I've begun to use IC6.1. I need open layout cellView, instead a pcell and close the cellView. In IC5 i used something like:

geOpen(...)

dbCreateParamInstByMasterName(...)

ddDeleteObj() or dbClose()

In IC6 I'm trying to do the same, but i can't in nograph mode. Any help?

Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago

Well, you ought to be able to do the same thing, but presumably there's some kind of popup which you can't see. However, opening it graphically is rather pointless, so why not use:
cv=dbOpenCellViewByName(libName cellName viewName "maskLayout" "a")
instead of using geOpen() to open the design. You'll need to do a dbSave() at some point. This approach will work in both IC5141 and IC61X.
Regards,
Andrew.
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Telekito over 13 years ago

Thanks,
but if i use this function, the cell have to exist before.In IC5 i use geOpen in mode"w", but in IC6 i don't know how i can create a cellView.
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Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago

No, "a" mode should create it if it doesn't exist, provided that you provide the viewType as the fourth argument. You can also use "w" mode as the fifth argument if you want to overwrite the cellView anyway.
Regards,
Andrew.
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Telekito over 13 years ago

Thanks, just one thing, the function isn't dbOpenCellViewByName, is dbOpenCellViewByType. Because dbOpenCellViewByName is undefined, anyway, i was mistaken with dbOpenCellView.

Thanks again.
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Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago

Sorry, typo on my part. Not sure why I made that mistake, as I really should know the name of the function by now given the huge number of times I've used it!
Andrew.
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