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Executing VIA form without displaying

DannyRitt
DannyRitt over 9 years ago

Hello,

I am using Cadence solution 11707124 code to execute Auto-Via form.

I am iterating through many overlapped shapes, placing VIAs on the intersections.

The problem is that the form is open and close per iteration (VIA Placement)

Is there a way to execute the form without displaying it?

Thanks,

Danny

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Solution # 11707124

---------------------------------------------------------- procedure(CCSmyCreateAutoVia(cvId point) let( () hiRegTimer(" hiGetCurrentForm()->viaMode->value= \"Auto\" hiGetCurrentForm()->rodAutoName->value= t hiToggleEnterForm(hiGetCurrentForm() ) " 2) preXY(point) finishEnterFun() leHiCreateVia() );let );procedure CCSmyCreateAutoVia procedure(CCScreateAutoVia(point @key (cvId geGetEditCellView()) ) let( () unless(cvId && cvId~>objType=="cellView" error("Please pass a valid cellview ID\n") );unless hiRegTimer("finishEnterFun()" 4) CCSmyCreateAutoVia(cvId point) );let );procedure CCScreateAutoVia



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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago
    Not really, no. You should contact customer support to request a non-UI SKILL API for this.
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  • DannyRitt
    DannyRitt over 9 years ago

    Thanks Andrew, I'll contact technical support.

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  • Yanhong
    Yanhong over 7 years ago in reply to DannyRitt

    when I use the code, I noticed that the first time when the via is generated, it is using all via variable settings from the defaults, such as the viaMode is single instead of auto, therefore the viaDef type is not right. But, when I run the script again, then it does all right. Do you have the same issue? How to solve it?

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 6 years ago in reply to Yanhong

    In IC617/ICADV12.3 there are functions such as viaGenerateViasAtPoint which do this, so I'd use those rather than trying to coerce the UI function into doing what you want. This is a recent post which covers this: generating via at given point

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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