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Custom Calculator Function for plotting multiple signals with custom formatting.

Curtisma

Hello:

I would like to be able to add an output to the output table which is able to take signals or output names as inputs in a form and plot all of them using a specific format.  What is the best way to approach this problem?  The cleanest way would be if I could make a custom calculator function that allows the user to input the signals to be plotted in a form and then the function runs the Skill code necessary to plot each of them and setup the formatting for them.  (title, markers, trace location, etc)  Is this possible with a custom calculator function? 

If not, would it be possible to do this by selecting "Ocean" as the output type and then writing a Script to do the same thing?  Would I be able to use VIVA Skill commands and not just ocean commands in the script?

I'm using IC6.1.7-64b.500.12

-Curtis

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  • Thanks for the feedback Andrew! I'm glad I asked before I tried it.

    It would be nice to use the outputs as the user interface rather than having a custom script for each sim/plot. Some of my fellow designers don't like to program.

    What do you think about a hybrid approach where the user defines the plot using an output. However that output doesn't plot anything but rather just stores the definition of the plot (signals, format, etc). Then the SKILL script that runs at the end or from the menu, similar to the example code, just looks at the information contained in the outputs and does the plotting using the settings defined in each output. The outputs would just return "1" or some other meaningful number to the results table.

    -Curtis
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  • Thanks for the feedback Andrew! I'm glad I asked before I tried it.

    It would be nice to use the outputs as the user interface rather than having a custom script for each sim/plot. Some of my fellow designers don't like to program.

    What do you think about a hybrid approach where the user defines the plot using an output. However that output doesn't plot anything but rather just stores the definition of the plot (signals, format, etc). Then the SKILL script that runs at the end or from the menu, similar to the example code, just looks at the information contained in the outputs and does the plotting using the settings defined in each output. The outputs would just return "1" or some other meaningful number to the results table.

    -Curtis
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