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attach label to a pin as a 'children'

ebecheto

Dear all,

 I have only pins in the layout and I want to attach a label to it. Unfortunatelly the 'children' cannot be set.

Anyone knows how to set it correctly?

Here is the example of my code. 

Regards,

 

cv=geGetWindowCellView()
p=caar(cv~>terminals~>pins)
foreach(p cv~>terminals~>pins
p1=car(p)
p1~>net~>name
f1=car(p1~>figs)
unless(f1~>children f1~>children=
dbCreateLabel(cv list(f1~>layerName  "label" ) centerBox(f1~>bBox)
p1~>net~>name "centerLeft" "R0" "roman" 0.5)))
 
 
*Error* setSGq: (DB-370034): dbSetq: Cannot set attribute - children
 

 

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  • ohmycat

    Sorry for necroposting, but i found this page very useful, so i adding my code to automaticly generate labels on all selected pins

    foreach(X geGetSelectedSet()
     net = X~>net
     disp=dbCreateTextDisplay( net X list("TEXT" "drawing" ) t centerBox(X~>bBox) "centerCenter" "R0" "roman" 2 nil nil t nil t "name" nil)
    )
  • Carona
    in reply to ohmycat

    Very simple and useful code, I was wondering if it was possible to use dbCreateTextDisplay to create a label with not just the net name, but say with the area value of a rectangle also?

    so passing a string value instead?  

    for instance

    area=5

    string = sprintf(area "%f" area)

    disp=dbCreateTextDisplay( net X list("text" "drawing" ) t centerBox(X~>bBox) "lowerCenter" "R0" "roman" abs(dy/3) nil nil t nil t string nil)  

    This gives me an error, but perhaps I am missing something.

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Carona

    If you want to create a label, use dbCreateLabel. dbCreateTextDisplay is to display the value of a database attribute or property on an associated object - it's not to display arbitrary text (the benefit of a text display is that if that associated attribute value or property value changes, the text displayed changes without needing to do any updates).

    By the way, the dynamic display feature in Virtuoso Layout Suite also allows you to dynamically show the area of an object as you hover over it...

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Carona
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Yes, I am aware of the dynamic display, but it is more useful to have the area attached to the object and visible at all times when floor-planning.

    I will try and play around with dbCreateLabel for passing a string in for the area.  Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

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  • Carona
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Yes, I am aware of the dynamic display, but it is more useful to have the area attached to the object and visible at all times when floor-planning.

    I will try and play around with dbCreateLabel for passing a string in for the area.  Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

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