Script for finding same Metal type Shape Overlapping a Trace

 Hi TheoPain,

I tried with dbGetTrueOverlaps().

But No chnage in the output. As you have mentioned, it should have returned 3 objects instead of 6 objects as there are only total 3 overlapping objects (PATHS) of the same metal layer of  the trace.

shapeList = dbGetTrueOverlaps(cv obj1~>bBox obj1~>layer 0:5)
\t (db:217705012
\t     (db:217517248 db:262161624)
\t     (db:217517248 db:262161472)
\t     (db:217517248 db:262161312)
\t     (db:217517248 db:261977724)
\t     (db:217517248 db:261977644)
\t     (db:217517248 db:261977564)
\t )

Kind Regards,

A picture might help, but I suspect that the problem is that the dbGetTrueOverlaps is finding all the objects which interact with the bounding box of obj1. See the attached picture. In this case, the selected object is obj1, and I get:

(db:0x17511f12
    (db:0x17511f92 db:0x17512292)
    (db:0x17511f92 db:0x17512293)
)

The top right path iteracts with the bounding box of the first shape - that's correct. If the path had moved a little to the right so that it didn't interact with the bBox of the fat path, then dbGetTrueOverlaps wouldn't return it - however, dbGetOverlaps (in IC5141) would still return it if the bBox of the lower shape interacts with the bBox of the selected shape. That's what the difference between the two functions (in IC61 dbGetOverlaps always returns the "true" overlaps).

That's why you need to do the dbLayerAnd as well. Here's what I did to do that:

overlaps=dbGetTrueOverlaps(cv obj1~>bBox obj1~>layer 0:5)
shapeList=nil
foreach(overlap overlaps
  unless(overlap==obj1
    shapeList=cons(dbCopyFig(abGetOverlapShape(overlap) cv abGetOverlapTransform(overlap)) shapeList)
  )
)
interactingRegions=dbLayerAnd(cv "y0" list(obj1) shapeList)
foreach(shape shapeList
  dbDeleteObject(shape)
)
; if a shape on y0 isn't enough, you can convert to markers
foreach(shape interactingRegions
  if(shape~>objType=="polygon" then
    geCreateMarkerByBBox(cv "warning" "SHORT" "shorting shape" "some reason" shape~>points)
  else
    geCreateMarkerByBBox(cv "warning" "SHORT" "shorting shape" "some reason" shape~>bBox)
  )
  dbDeleteObject(shape)
)

Regards,

Andrew.

Dear Andrew,

Thanks a lot. 

I think you might have forgotten to attach the picture.

Kind Regards,

 I must be getting old and forgetting things. Here  it is - sorry!

Andrew.

 Dear Andrew,

Thanks a lot. I don't think so. I think I got the snapshot before I have posted the...

You are like rocket fast.

Dear Andrew,

I tried with your code.  In first stance it worked fine. But I don't kbow when I started icfb agian and ran the code it shows the following warnings and errors. 

My code is as below

/*****************************************************************
*                                                                *
*                (abGetOverlapTransform overlap)                 *
*                                                                *
* Get the transform needed to transform the shape in the overlap *
*           into the current cell's coordinate system            *
*                                                                *
*****************************************************************/


procedure(abGetOverlapShape(overlap1)
  if(listp(overlap1) then
      abGetOverlapShape(cadr(overlap1))
  else
      overlap1
  )
)



(procedure (abGetOverlapTransform overlap)
  (let (transform)
       (if (listp overlap)
           (setq transform (dbConcatTransform
                            (abGetOverlapTransform (cadr overlap))
                            (or
                              (dbGetq (car overlap) transform)
                              (list (dbGetq (car overlap) origin)
                                    (dbGetq (car overlap) orient)
                                    1.0)
                              )
                            ))
           (setq transform (list 0:0 "R0" 1.0)))
       transform
       ))


/*******************************************************************/

cv=geGetEditCellView()
obj1=car(geGetSelSet())
overlaps=dbGetTrueOverlaps(cv obj1~>bBox obj1~>layer 0:5)
shapeList=nil
foreach(overlap overlaps
  unless(overlap==obj1
    shapeList=cons(dbCopyFig(abGetOverlapShape(overlap) cv abGetOverlapTransform(overlap)) shapeList)
  )
)
interactingRegions=dbLayerAnd(cv "y0" list(obj1) shapeList)
foreach(shape shapeList
  dbDeleteObject(shape)
)
; if a shape on y0 isn't enough, you can convert to markers
foreach(shape interactingRegions
  if(shape~>objType=="polygon" then
    geCreateMarkerByBBox(cv "warning" "SHORT" "shorting shape" "some reason" shape~>points)
  else
    geCreateMarkerByBBox(cv "warning" "SHORT" "shorting shape" "some reason" shape~>bBox)
  )
  dbDeleteObject(shape)
)
;;load("~/SKILL/SHORT_TEST_FINAL.ils")

Running in SKILL Init gives following LOgs:-

This is because you've put it in a file with a ".ils" suffix, and it's interpreting the code with SKILL++ semantics (i.e. lexical scoping).

My code was not expected to be SKILL++, and so it uses the dbGetq function which is not supported in SKILL++ mode. For historical reasons, dbGetq is a binary function which is not a syntax form. The dbGetq function selectively evaluates its arguments, and as such it is trying to evaluate the argument overlap as a SKILL dynamic variable (rather than a SKILL++ lexically scoped variable). So you have two choices:

1. Put the code in a file with a ".il" suffix (actually anything other than ".ils" will do), or
2. Change the dbGetq() calls to getq. 

I know the first will work, and I just tested the second too - that worked OK too.

Andrew.

Dear Andrew,

Thanks a lot. Yes I changed the fileextension to .il and it works fine.

On thing about the Marker:-

As per guide the "Marker text" like below:-

geCreateMarkerByBBox( cell2 "warning" "PDV" "poly-poly spacing violation" "mytext"
list(12:10 20:18) )
I think "mytext" should be visible at the MArker.

But I am NOT seeing it in the above code execution. The Marker is geting created but the the text is NOT visible. Is it because of IC5141 version or something else.

Kind Regards,

No, "mytext" does not get displayed. It sets a property called markerDisplay on the marker shape, but it does not display this on the screen. Not really sure if it's used at all anywhere...

Regards,

Andrew.

Dear Andrew,

Thanks alot for your reply.

May be I could not interprete what is written in the guide under geCreateMarkerByBox() commnd heading.

Kind Regards,