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Invalid CDF choice

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RVERP over 8 years ago

I have been using some skill code where an instance (pcell) master is replaced with another pcell. The parameters are not the same, so I assumed all the cdf parameters are set to the default value of the new pcell.

I do this in combination with clones, doing following steps:

  • Generate all instances from a schematic
  • Select the group I want to clone, and generate synchronous copy clones
  • Descend in on of the clones, and replace the instance master.

These steps don't give any problems, in all the clones the master is replaced with my custom pcell.

But sometimes, while altering a parameter, I get an error message An invalid CDF choice "netlist" was specified for the CDF parameter "source".

My new pcell has a cdf parameter "source", a string. My original pcell doesn't have a cdf parameter "source", so I have no idea where this is coming from. This problem occurs on about 20% of the clonegroups I work on with above procedure.

I tried to do something with resetting or clearing cdf parameters, but with no succes. Any ideas??

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    RVERP over 8 years ago
    Is do see an instance~>source with the value "netlist". The mixup is coming from there, but I wonder how it gets in the CDF.
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    RVERP over 8 years ago
    Is do see an instance~>source with the value "netlist". The mixup is coming from there, but I wonder how it gets in the CDF.
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