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Getting list of layers available for blockages

Yaosan Yeo
When user create P&R blockages, by setting material to all you'll get a list of layers available for blockage creation. Is there a way to retrieve this list via SKILL? The closest function I found is techGetLayerFunctions but this only gives me a subset of the full list.
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  • Hmm, it appears to do it by doing:

    tf=techGetTechFile(cvId)
    lpps=setof(lpp tf~>lpps lpp~>purpose=="blockage")
    layerNames=lpps~>name

    but I'm not convinced that's how it should do it, given that blockages are not layer purpose pairs. You need the LPP defined in the tech file so that you can have a packet associated with the blockage so it knows how to display it, but I don't think that's really right.

    The layer palette seems to use a different mechanism (I'm talking about IC615) to show the list of choices for layers that can have routing blockages.

    I'll check what it should be.

    Andrew.

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  • Hmm, it appears to do it by doing:

    tf=techGetTechFile(cvId)
    lpps=setof(lpp tf~>lpps lpp~>purpose=="blockage")
    layerNames=lpps~>name

    but I'm not convinced that's how it should do it, given that blockages are not layer purpose pairs. You need the LPP defined in the tech file so that you can have a packet associated with the blockage so it knows how to display it, but I don't think that's really right.

    The layer palette seems to use a different mechanism (I'm talking about IC615) to show the list of choices for layers that can have routing blockages.

    I'll check what it should be.

    Andrew.

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