convert Polygon to rects - Code or Algorithm

dbLayerTile() will take a list of shapes and generate a new list of shapes which are trapezoids (if the original shapes are all orthogonal, the resulting shapes will be rectangles).

So that does what you want.

Regards,

Andrew.

Thanks very very much Andrew. There is one saying in Telugu "sankalo pilladini pettukoni ooranta vetikadanta" which means
"The baby is right in ur lap and u are searching the entire city". Its the same here.

Can u tell me what u mean by "if the original shapes are all orthogonal" ( any images )
Any ways dbLayerTile is working well for all types of polygons in the layout I have.


Thanks,
Sathya.

I've attached a picture. By orthogonal I mean that all the angles are multiples of 90 degrees. As you can see in this example, some of the angles are not 90 degrees, and so those parts have been tiled into trapezoids rather than rectangles (well, a rectangle is a trapezoid, but you know what I mean).

If your shapes only have 90 degree multiples in the angles, you'll get rectangles out.

Regards,

Andrew.

Ok got it. Thanks
Not greedy but dbLayerTile needs a layer name as input so that it can create rectangles over the object I gave.
Is there any other command which will return only rectangles (ids or bBox's) rather than creating them and returning their ids
Ofcourse I can get the bBox and delete those created layers. Still if there is any other command....

Thanks,
Sathya

Hi Sathya,

Well, it already does return rectangles - (ids). You can't return a rectangle dbId without creating it. database ids have to be in the database!

If you're wanting a function which just returns the bBoxes of the resulting rectangles rather than actually creating them, then no such function exists (not built in anyway),

It's not exactly difficult though:

bBoxList=foreach(mapcar shape dbLayerTile(cvId list("layer" "purpose") srcShapes) prog1(shape~>bBox dbDeleteObject(shape)))

Regards,

Andrew.

Thanks Andrew.

Hello Andrew,

dbLayerTile needs the cell to be in the edit mode to work. So if I want to use
any function which uses this function in read-only mode it will fail.
Can u suggest any way around or u want me to use dbOpencellViewBytype and then
use dbLayerTile.

Regards,
Sathya

Hi Sathya,

You can always open the cellView in "s" (scratch) mode. This allows you to modify it but not save it.

dbReopen(cvId "s")

will do that.

In OA releases (e.g. IC610), there is no longer a scratch mode, but you can modify read-only cellViews from SKILL, and the modifications will be discarded when you close it, or when you reopen in edit mode.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hello Andrew,

Bindkeys are not working after I use dbLayerTile() function in VLE.
Even CancelEnterFun() is of no good. only after Ctrl+C bindkeys are working.
Please suggest.

Regards,
Sathya

I seriously doubt this is anything to do with dbLayerTile(). I can't reproduce it. I suspect there's something in your code which
is blocking - it's very hard to say without knowing what you're doing.

Regards,

Andrew.