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Can't add pin db object to a figure group?

MatthewLove

I'm generating a PCell and when I create the pin objects with leCreatePin(), I can't add the db object to my figure group.

I get the following error: *Error* dbAddFigToFigGroup: Invalid figure - db:0x1442af9b

As you can see, the function does return a db object so it's quite odd.

Any ideas?

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  • Two problems here:

    1. leCreatePin is not a function that is safe to use in PCells - that's because it's an application specific function that is not in all executables. In the PCell documentation you'll find it tells you to only use core SKILL, db, dd, tech, cdf, rod and abe functions (I think that's all - there may be one or two others). You'll find that stream out (unless from virtual memory) will fail otherwise, as would other external interfaces that directly read the database
    2. leCreatePin returns a pin object, not a figure. You can only add figures to figGroups, and the pin object is an object that describes the pin - the link to the net, the terminal, the figures that make up the pin and so on. You'd need to add pin~>fig (or pin~>figs to be strictly correct) to the figGroup instead - although as I said, using leCreatePin is the wrong thing to do in a PCell.

    Regards,

    Andrew

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  • Two problems here:

    1. leCreatePin is not a function that is safe to use in PCells - that's because it's an application specific function that is not in all executables. In the PCell documentation you'll find it tells you to only use core SKILL, db, dd, tech, cdf, rod and abe functions (I think that's all - there may be one or two others). You'll find that stream out (unless from virtual memory) will fail otherwise, as would other external interfaces that directly read the database
    2. leCreatePin returns a pin object, not a figure. You can only add figures to figGroups, and the pin object is an object that describes the pin - the link to the net, the terminal, the figures that make up the pin and so on. You'd need to add pin~>fig (or pin~>figs to be strictly correct) to the figGroup instead - although as I said, using leCreatePin is the wrong thing to do in a PCell.

    Regards,

    Andrew

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