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Problems creating sub category using SKILL

San
San over 9 years ago

Hi All,

I am trying to create a sub category and copy over some cells from main category to sub category and rename it

I am following steps as below:

libName= "myLib"

ddId= ddGetObj(libName)

topCatId=ddCatOpen( ddId  "mosfet"   "a" )

subCatname="mosfet_nondefault"

subCatId=ddCatOpen( topCatId  subCatname   "a" )

Then I am getting list of cells I need to add to this new category. Those cells already exist in "mosfet" category. 

finalCellList=list("nch"  "pch"  "nch_dnw") 

 

After getting the cell names I copy schematic and symbol views of that cell in a new cell named <cellName>_nondefault.

foreach(cell finalCellList
   originalSchId=dbOpenCellViewByType(libName cell "schematic"  ""   "a")
   originalSymId=dbOpenCellViewByType(libName cell "symbol"   ""   "a")
   cell=strcat(cell "_nondefault")    
   duplicateSchId=dbCopyCellView(originalSchId libName cell "schematic" nil nil t)
   duplicateSymId=dbCopyCellView(originalSymId libName cell "symbol" nil nil t)      
   dbClose(originalSchId)
   dbClose(originalSymId)   
   cellList=append1(cellList cell)
)    

I get the list of new cells and then try to add them to new category.

foreach(cell cellList
  itemId=ddCatAddItem(subCatId cell "cell")
  unless(itemId
     error("failed to add cell\n"))
)
    
ddCatSave(subCatId)
ddCatSave(topCatId)

ddCatClose(subCatId)
ddCatClose(topCatId)
ddUpdateLibList()

After following all these steps when I look at the category list in library manager , I do not see the sub category. So basically category is not created ? or it's just its not visible in the list ?

Please help.

Thanks

Sanket

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  • San
    San over 9 years ago

    Hi andrew,

    Thanks for looking into it. 

    I tried your suggestions but still it did not work for me. Seems like it does create the library but its just not visible. I found some solution here

     (solution # 1835546) which tells if the category exist in library or not. I used it to find my new category and it did found it.  

    Is there any display/visibility option which might be causing it ? 

    I am using IC6.1.6

    Thanks

    Sanket 

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  • San
    San over 9 years ago

    Hi andrew,

    Thanks for looking into it. 

    I tried your suggestions but still it did not work for me. Seems like it does create the library but its just not visible. I found some solution here

     (solution # 1835546) which tells if the category exist in library or not. I used it to find my new category and it did found it.  

    Is there any display/visibility option which might be causing it ? 

    I am using IC6.1.6

    Thanks

    Sanket 

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