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Getting information on cell instance

ssarik
ssarik over 9 years ago

Hi,

Is there any quick way by which I can know which designs have an instance of a cell from my library.

For example:

There are n libraries, I have designed a cell 'X' in one of the library 'Y'. How can I know which all cellview in the 'n' libraries has an instance of 'X'

Thanks,

Shahbaz 

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    ssarik over 9 years ago
    What about nested instances? Suppose I am searching for instances of a cellview 'X' of library 'Y' in another library 'Z'. I am following these steps: Step1: Get the list of all the libraries in the database Step2: Loop through the cells of each library Step3: For each cell find its instance headers Step4: If it matches with the required cell name, store its name and move on. The problem which I see here is: The cell may not have an instance of 'X' directly but it may have an instance 'P' which contains an instance of 'X'. What to do in this case?
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  • ssarik
    ssarik over 9 years ago
    What about nested instances? Suppose I am searching for instances of a cellview 'X' of library 'Y' in another library 'Z'. I am following these steps: Step1: Get the list of all the libraries in the database Step2: Loop through the cells of each library Step3: For each cell find its instance headers Step4: If it matches with the required cell name, store its name and move on. The problem which I see here is: The cell may not have an instance of 'X' directly but it may have an instance 'P' which contains an instance of 'X'. What to do in this case?
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