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Skill command to create custom color definition for Virtuoso

TeeBro

Hi,

I have an application that will highlight a net within a layout much like the Assura probing app.  The problem is the highlight is not very viewable.  I have written code to change the Cadence hiLite colors to be more viewable ( ie thickLine, stipple, etc ) but what I really want is for the color to "blink".  I need to create a custom color definition that blinks.  I can create the color using drMakeColor but there is not an option to make it blink.  So far the only way I have been able to create the blink colors is to define them in a drf file and read it in with drLoadDrf.  Example:  drDefineColor( (display    blinkRed   255   0   0   t ) ).

Is there any way to create this color without loading a drf file?

 

Thanks

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Even the drMakeColor function is a private function, so you should not use it (the C equivalent is documented for use in ITK DB programs, but the SKILL equivalent is private). There is no SKILL equivalent of the C function drSetColorBlink (private or public), so you'll need to use the supported flow of creating a display.drf and reading that (maybe you could use drDumpDrf to at least get the current drf data written to the file before manipulating that).

    If you need such an API, you should contact Customer Support and request this as an enhancement for a future release.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Even the drMakeColor function is a private function, so you should not use it (the C equivalent is documented for use in ITK DB programs, but the SKILL equivalent is private). There is no SKILL equivalent of the C function drSetColorBlink (private or public), so you'll need to use the supported flow of creating a display.drf and reading that (maybe you could use drDumpDrf to at least get the current drf data written to the file before manipulating that).

    If you need such an API, you should contact Customer Support and request this as an enhancement for a future release.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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