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SKILL code to detect if two paths are touching or overlap

Miguel V

Hello,

I'm new to SKILL programming and have been reading a few of the tutorials, but I can't  seem to find what I'm looking for.  I'm trying to write a script that will determine if a path is touching or overlapping another path either on the same layer or another layer.  Sorry if this has already been answered but I have searched quite a bit and found nothing.

Thanks,

MV

  • Hi Miguel,

    Take a look at the dbGetOverlaps() function - you can limit it to look only within the current level of hierarchy (level 0) or below, and you can limit it to look for a particular layer-purpose pair or 'all'. You tell it the bounding box within which to search, which can be a point repeated (or, I presume, a line which is essentially a box with no height). Given this information the function will search within the box and return the instances and shapes that it finds.  You will need to look at examples and the documentation in order to fully understand how to interpret and use the information returned.

    I hope this helps!

    Lawrence.

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