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Changing instance properties though SKILL

soathana

Hi everyone I am using SKILL to generate a schematic.

So I am using schReplaceProperty function, but i have some problems. How can I get the names used for the instance parameters? The way i do it is call:

inst=dbCreateInst(...)

inst=list(inst)

schReplaceProperty(inst "name" "value") 

So for  width appearing (in Property editor and edit object properties) "Total Width" this is not the case. Apparently When I insert for name  "Total Width" i get a user property named Total, apparently it does not like space :) 

ideas? 

thanks,

Sotiris 

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  • The "Total Width" is the prompt defined in the CDF, so what you want to find are the names of the properties.

    In your CIW, you can type this to see the names and values:
    inst~>prop~>name
    inst~>prop~>value

    I have a little convenience command I have defined to a bindkey in the CIW (one of the function keys). First I select an instance in the schematic (or layout) and press this bindkey. It will store the car(selectedSet()) in a global variable 'X' and the cdf in a variable 'CDF' so I can easily reference them in the CIW while debugging. It also prints out all the properties, their prompts, their types and their values in an easy to read table:

    procedure(mysel()
      let((promptTable)
        X=car(geGetSelectedSet())
        promptTable = makeTable("cdfPrompts" nil)
        when(X~>objType=="inst"
            CDF = cdfGetInstCDF(X)
            foreach(p CDF~>parameters
                promptTable[p~>name] = p~>prompt
            )
        )
        printf("X  = %L   (%L)\n" X X~>objType)
        if(X~>prop then
            printf(" \nProperties on selected object:\n")
            printf("CDF Prompt                  Property Name (type)       Value\n")
            printf("============================================================\n")
            foreach(prop X~>prop
                printf("%-25s = %-25s: %L\n" promptTable[prop~>name]||"no cdf"  sprintf(nil "%s (%s)" prop~>name prop~>valueType) prop~>value)
            )
        else
            printf("No properties on selected object\n")
        )
        t
      )
    )

    Also, as a shortcut, you can set properties like this:

    inst~>name = "myname"

    You can define "name" during dbCreateInst as well.

    I hope this helps.

    Derek

     

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  • The "Total Width" is the prompt defined in the CDF, so what you want to find are the names of the properties.

    In your CIW, you can type this to see the names and values:
    inst~>prop~>name
    inst~>prop~>value

    I have a little convenience command I have defined to a bindkey in the CIW (one of the function keys). First I select an instance in the schematic (or layout) and press this bindkey. It will store the car(selectedSet()) in a global variable 'X' and the cdf in a variable 'CDF' so I can easily reference them in the CIW while debugging. It also prints out all the properties, their prompts, their types and their values in an easy to read table:

    procedure(mysel()
      let((promptTable)
        X=car(geGetSelectedSet())
        promptTable = makeTable("cdfPrompts" nil)
        when(X~>objType=="inst"
            CDF = cdfGetInstCDF(X)
            foreach(p CDF~>parameters
                promptTable[p~>name] = p~>prompt
            )
        )
        printf("X  = %L   (%L)\n" X X~>objType)
        if(X~>prop then
            printf(" \nProperties on selected object:\n")
            printf("CDF Prompt                  Property Name (type)       Value\n")
            printf("============================================================\n")
            foreach(prop X~>prop
                printf("%-25s = %-25s: %L\n" promptTable[prop~>name]||"no cdf"  sprintf(nil "%s (%s)" prop~>name prop~>valueType) prop~>value)
            )
        else
            printf("No properties on selected object\n")
        )
        t
      )
    )

    Also, as a shortcut, you can set properties like this:

    inst~>name = "myname"

    You can define "name" during dbCreateInst as well.

    I hope this helps.

    Derek

     

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