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SKILL code to perform a function on selected pins in schematic

SteveRFIC

Hi,

I have a schematic, which has several symbols (instance) in it. Each symbol has a certain number of pins. I want to select a few pins from different symbols (by Ctrl clicking on the pins), and then call some functions for each of the pin, for instance print the pin names of each selected pin. How can I achieve this through SKILL?

I think I should use foreach but I don't know how to call the selected pins inside foreach.

Really appreciate the help. Thanks a lot!

Gang

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  • Hi Gang,

    Because the objects you are selecting are not in the schematic itself, you can't use the normal geGetSelSet() or geGetSelectedSet() functions. Instead you have to use geGetObjectSelectedSet(). This provides information not only on the object selected, but it's hierarchical context - in this case it has the instance id of the instance on which the pin resides. The actual object you're selecting is the pin figure, so you have to get from the rectangle (say) to the pin, to the terminal to find its name. 

    Here's what geGetObjectSelectedSet() returns (in my case, with a few such pins selected):

    ((db:0x1bb1b392
         ((db:0x1bb1e412 0 0 0))
       )
       (db:0x1bb1b39a
         ((db:0x1bb1e412 0 0 0))
       )
       (db:0x1bb1b396
         ((db:0x1bb1e412 0 0 0))
       )
       (db:0x1bb1bda0
         ((db:0x1bb1e415 0 0 0))
       )
    )

    Here's some code to use that information to show something interesting:

    foreach(objInfo geGetObjectSelectedSet()
      printf("Pin %s on instances %s\n" car(objInfo)->pin~>term~>name caaadr(objInfo)~>name)
    )

    In my case, this prints:

    Pin vtune on instance I1
    Pin vcobnd<4:0> on instance I1
    Pin vcocalen on instance I1
    Pin PLUS on instance V2

    The caaadr is just a shorthand to pull out the instance object. We don't care too much about the other values (the three zeros) - these are related to iterated instances, and mosaic arrays and columns (which won't be relevant here - I think in a schematic these would always be zero).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Hi Gang,

    Because the objects you are selecting are not in the schematic itself, you can't use the normal geGetSelSet() or geGetSelectedSet() functions. Instead you have to use geGetObjectSelectedSet(). This provides information not only on the object selected, but it's hierarchical context - in this case it has the instance id of the instance on which the pin resides. The actual object you're selecting is the pin figure, so you have to get from the rectangle (say) to the pin, to the terminal to find its name. 

    Here's what geGetObjectSelectedSet() returns (in my case, with a few such pins selected):

    ((db:0x1bb1b392
         ((db:0x1bb1e412 0 0 0))
       )
       (db:0x1bb1b39a
         ((db:0x1bb1e412 0 0 0))
       )
       (db:0x1bb1b396
         ((db:0x1bb1e412 0 0 0))
       )
       (db:0x1bb1bda0
         ((db:0x1bb1e415 0 0 0))
       )
    )

    Here's some code to use that information to show something interesting:

    foreach(objInfo geGetObjectSelectedSet()
      printf("Pin %s on instances %s\n" car(objInfo)->pin~>term~>name caaadr(objInfo)~>name)
    )

    In my case, this prints:

    Pin vtune on instance I1
    Pin vcobnd<4:0> on instance I1
    Pin vcocalen on instance I1
    Pin PLUS on instance V2

    The caaadr is just a shorthand to pull out the instance object. We don't care too much about the other values (the three zeros) - these are related to iterated instances, and mosaic arrays and columns (which won't be relevant here - I think in a schematic these would always be zero).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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