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Using LayoutXL in SKILL without Window/GUI

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Hi.  I am using version IC6.1.6.

Somewhat new at SKILL code.  We open Schematic view.  From that Schematic window, we do "Launch -> Layout XL"  and open layout.

From that Layout XL window, we run some SKILL procedure thru small GUI form we created.

That procedure sets layout view pointer as:

cvId_layout = hiGetCurrentWindow()~>cellView

I want to achieve same functionality without any GUI/window.  How do I achieve this?

I am trying to run that skill procedure in "batch" mode with something like:

virtuoso -nograph -log myTest.log -replay myTest.il

In my SKILL procedure I replaced cvId_layout as below, but everything else remains same.

cvId_layout = dbOpenCellViewByType("myLib" "myCell" "layout" "" "a")

and operate on cvId_layout object, but result is different when running with and without GUI/window.

Any help or suggestion on starting layoutXL without GUI/window? Thank you.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    This doesn't exist, and I haven't seen anyone requesting it either. I did wonder about processing the markers to look for the information - it's feasible - but you probably have to build in two many assumptions about precisely what the marker is called.

    So you should contact customer support to request an enhancement for such an API.

    Regards,

    Andrew. 

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  • Andrew Beckett

    This doesn't exist, and I haven't seen anyone requesting it either. I did wonder about processing the markers to look for the information - it's feasible - but you probably have to build in two many assumptions about precisely what the marker is called.

    So you should contact customer support to request an enhancement for such an API.

    Regards,

    Andrew. 

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