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Inas
Inas over 10 years ago

Hello,

Now i have a simply skill code to generate a layout having a transistor, and i entered the parameters in a list.

one of the parameters i want o write is the SDshrink but i can't find out how to use it (write it).

ALso i confusde about the CDF parameter types and values, how can i know what should i write?

Thanks alot

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    Andrew Beckett over 10 years ago

    Unknown said:
    can anyone tell me or send me a snapshot for the file created by the dbWriteSkill command please?

    Why can't you just run it yourself? It's not hard! It seems a bit pointless to have somebody send you the output of the SKILL dumped from their own cellView.

    Unknown said:
    i need to get the coordinates of certain instance in the layout, how can i do that?

    This thread seems to be turning into a random SKILL tutorial - maybe you should read some documentation or attend some training? It doesn't make sense to have to answer a succession of pretty basic questions which a bit of reading and looking at examples (or attending training) would tell you - otherwise we'll end up writing your code for you.

    In this case, something like:

    inst=dbFindAnyInstByName(cvId "I23") ; if I23 is the instance name
    printf("Instance is at %L\n" inst~>xy)

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 10 years ago

    Unknown said:
    can anyone tell me or send me a snapshot for the file created by the dbWriteSkill command please?

    Why can't you just run it yourself? It's not hard! It seems a bit pointless to have somebody send you the output of the SKILL dumped from their own cellView.

    Unknown said:
    i need to get the coordinates of certain instance in the layout, how can i do that?

    This thread seems to be turning into a random SKILL tutorial - maybe you should read some documentation or attend some training? It doesn't make sense to have to answer a succession of pretty basic questions which a bit of reading and looking at examples (or attending training) would tell you - otherwise we'll end up writing your code for you.

    In this case, something like:

    inst=dbFindAnyInstByName(cvId "I23") ; if I23 is the instance name
    printf("Instance is at %L\n" inst~>xy)

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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