not able to create via in clone

You have to call dbAddFigToFigGroup afterwards to add it into the fig group. All objects inside a figGroup are really in the cellView - but have to be tagged as being part of the figGroup.

Regards,

Andrew.

Andrew,

  It worked for cells not clones. Please check it

geSelectObject(dbCreateVia(cell_id obj_id obj_origin obj_orient v_params))
groupId=leGetEditFigGroup()
fiId=geGetHilightObjectFigId()
dbAddFigToFigGroup(groupId figId)

You don't want to be using geGetHilightObjectFigId, because it's not highlighted, it's selected. Also that function requires an argument, which is a highlight object.

So you could do:

figId=dbCreateVia(cell_id obj_id obj_origin obj_orient v_params)
groupId=leGetEditFigGroup()
dbAddFigToFigGroup(groupId figId)

Regards,

Andrew.

Greate  Andrew, it works

thanks

Regards

Guru

Hi,

But how to proceed if you are NOT editting the group ? [only from skill]

something like the following is not working because it's saying that it doesn't pass the family consistency check, and the clone is immediately removed from the family:

cloneFigGroupId = ...getMySelectedFigGroupWhichIsASyncClone()

dbAddFigToFigGroup(cloneFigGroupId  figId)

?

I don't really understand what you're trying to do here - not really enough context to your question (and appended to a very old thread, which the forum guidelines ask you not to do).

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

Should I start a new topic?

I was trying to ask: How to add an object/instance/via/anything to a clone using skill ? 

[The previously mentioned solution involves that the user interface has to be used, e.g.: double click the clone group in order to enter the edit mode. I want to use only skill, dbOpenCellViewByType, identify the clones, and add an object inside (inside all, of course) ]

Hi Adrian,

Now that you've done it here, let's keep it here. I could split the posts, but there's a risk it might break.

Anyway, what you need to do is this, assuming you have the figGroup in a variable called (say) figGroup:

envSetVal("layoutXL" "disableVXLSynchClonePopUp" 'boolean t)
leSetEditFigGroup(figGroup)

this will push the edit in place into the fig group, and the first line will stop the popup appearing asking you if you're OK with editing the synchronous clone.

Having done that, Layout XL will take care of synchronising the clones. Note this will only work if you're actually in Layout XL at the time, but it avoids the need for you to interactively have to edit anything.

You can use leReturn() to pop back out of the edit in place.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the reply, It's nice to find out about these functions (especially the disableVXLSynchClonePopUp :p )

But I understand & suppose, from the same reply, that only from skill (so no window opened... e.g. virtuoso -nograph) it's not possible to update the content of a clone.

I was also wandering how could I create a clone inside a cvId (so no window available), but I suppose it's more problematic to do it because it might conflict with the fact that sync clone is available only in layoutXL .

Thank you,

BR,

Adrian

Hi Adrian,

There are a whole bunch of "lx" functions that allow you to perform functions in VLS XL without needing the windows open. For example, lxRunCmdInVXL. Search in cdsFinder for "^lx".

There will be a function from IC617 ISR1 (due out soon) called lxCreateSynchronousClonesFromFigGroups which will allow you to create synchronous clones. There isn't anything in current releases though (other than trying to reverse engineer all the setup, which I wouldn't recommend, and I've not tried).

Regards,

Andrew.