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Change the Color of an instance in Virtuoso Schematic

LuisGutierrez
LuisGutierrez over 9 years ago

Hi all,

I would like to know if there is a way to change the color of an instance in Virtuoso schematic binding a SKILL command to a hotkey. Typically all instances are green but I would like to be able to Change the Color of the contour (Symbol) depending on the function of the device (Signal path, biasing, ESD protection).

I checked the Display.drf file but there isn't any packet referring to the Symbol contour (there is instanceLbl set to Gold and instance set to red, which seems to me to be referring to the Pins).

Ideally I would like to be able to toggle between colors just as it is done when probing nets.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Lucho.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago
    You can also use geAddInstProbe() to add probes on instances.
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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago
    You can also use geAddInstProbe() to add probes on instances.
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