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Questions about object selection in layout

MarkNing

Hi All,

I'm new to SKILL and I would like to move some objects (or shapes) in layout cellview by SKILL automatically. I have got all the points inside each object (or shape). I use foreach(point points geAddSelectPoint(winId nil point) obj=car(geGetSelectedSet()) dbMoveFig(obj nil list(x:y "R0" 1.0)))  loop function in order to select each object and move it. Sometimes all the points can be recognized and all the objects can be moved accordingly. But, often times, a few points can not be recognized (these points were ignored by the SKILL procedure) and the corresponding objects (or shapes) can not be selected and moved.  It seems it is related to the cellview update. I didn't know what happened. Can anyone help me? 

I'm using the IC6.1.5.

Thanks for your help.
Best Regards,

Mark

  • Hi Mark,

    You don't need to select an object to move it, the figure id (the "d_fig" argument to dbMoveFig()) is sufficient, so it is likely that the selection is the issue. You could try using gePointToFig() to get the id of a shape at coordinates without selecting it, also the function geGetPotentialSelection() might be useful. You might have several selectable objects at a particular point, and so you may need to investigate if this is the case and adjust your code accordingly (functions like dbGetOverlaps() and dbProduceOverlap() can be handy to get a list of objects under a point or within a bBox). The 'selection filter' can impact some of the selection functions, so take a look at functions like geSelectFigNoFilter() to see if they might help. If figures are within a figGroup that could also impact selection, so maybe look into that also.

    Hopefully this might help you?

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.
  • Hi Lawrence,
    Thank you Lawrence!
    The gePointToFig() did solve my problems perfectly! But i still wonder why the geAddSelectPoint() and geGetSelectedSet() cannot get the target object(sometimes)? The coordinates pointed to geAddSelectPoint() was indeed inside the flattened object(or shape). I'm puzzled.
    Anyway, thanks for your help!

    Mark

  • Mark,

    This would probably be easy enough to figure out if we can see the data. Could you contact customer support?

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Hi Andrew,
    Thanks for your advice, i will contact customer support later.
    Thanks!
    Regards,
    Mark

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