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is dbReplacePropList not recommended for pcell? (in docu')

Adrian Nistor

 Hello,

My purpose is (when dealing with abuttment function) to set more parameters on a instance. In order to avoid the pcell to be evaluated after each parameter is changed, something like the "Edit parameters" form was needed in order to provide the list of changes, and then , somehow, apply all changes once. 

dbReplacePropList looked perfect for this purpose, BUT in documentation it sais:

Replaces a list of properties of a given object with the specified list of properties. This function should not be used to replace properties of a pcell instance because the pcell parameters will not be evaluated by this function.

It's not clear at all for me what this information is about. After testing the function... it seems to work. But ... is it ok to use it? or not?

 

 

Thank you,

Best Regards,

Adrian

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  • Adrian,

    There have been a number of CCRs on this, and solution 11017546 covers this. I believe the behaviour is a bit different in more recent versions, but I do know there is a fix planned for IC616. The trick I always used in the past was to use dbReplacePropList and then use a single dbReplaceProp to force re-evaluation. I think the trouble in IC615 (for example) was that dbReplacePropList was causing multiple pcell evaluations rather than just one at the end - but I've not re-checked to be sure.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Adrian,

    There have been a number of CCRs on this, and solution 11017546 covers this. I believe the behaviour is a bit different in more recent versions, but I do know there is a fix planned for IC616. The trick I always used in the past was to use dbReplacePropList and then use a single dbReplaceProp to force re-evaluation. I think the trouble in IC615 (for example) was that dbReplacePropList was causing multiple pcell evaluations rather than just one at the end - but I've not re-checked to be sure.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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