how to create pin(pinname<1:10>) using skill scripting.

Leela,

Is this in a schematic, a symbol, or a layout (where probably you'd want 10 individual pins)?

In general you'd do:

net=dbMakeNet(cvId "pinname<1:10>")
pinMaster=dbOpenCellViewByType("basic" "ipin" "symbol")
pinFig=dbCreateInst(cvId pinMaster "" 0:0 "R0")
pin=dbCreatePin(net pinFig)

Or you could use:

pinMaster=dbOpenCellViewByType("basic" "ipin" "symbol")
schCreatePin(cvId pinMaster "pinname<1:10>" "input" nil 0:0 "R0")

Something like that.

Andrew.

 In layout.

Obviously you'll need to create separate pins for each bit, so you'd do something like:

pinWidth=0.5
pinPitch=1.2:0
pinOrigin=0:0
pinLayer="Metal1"
pinDirection="input"
busPin="pinname<1:10>"
foreach(pinName dbProduceMemName(busPin)
  ; create the pin shape, then the net (if it doesn't already exist), and then create the pin
  pinFig=dbCreateRect(cvId pinLayer list(pinOrigin xCoord(pinOrigin)+pinWidth:yCoord(pinOrigin)+pinWidth))
  net=dbMakeNet(cvId pinName)
  pin=dbCreatePin(net pinFig)
  ; make sure the terminal direction is what we want too
  pin~>term~>direction=pinDirection
  pinOrigin=xCoord(pinOrigin)+xCoord(pinPitch):yCoord(pinOrigin)+yCoord(pinPitch)
)

Regards,

Andrew.

 Thank you, I used "dbProduceMemName()" in foreach loop to get each pin bit and then created a pin.  Its working good.

*Error* eval: unbound variable - cvId

I tried this for generating schematic pin list and I have the following error 

If you have the schematic window open, do:

cvId=geGetEditCellView()

first to store the database object of the cellView you're hoping to update into the variable cvId.

Regards,

Andrew.

Thank you for your reply,
I have one more quick question.
I want to create multiple buffers with different i/p and o/p. Is there a way to do it in skill? 

I'm sure "it" can be done in SKILL - I just don't know what it is you're asking for!

Andrew

I want to create 71 buffers with 71 input pins and 71 output pins all the buffers are of same size.

Well, you can definitely do that in SKILL.

Regards,

Andrew.