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SKILL for changing via.

Leonardo Vinci

I want to write a skill code for changing vias. For eg: 
I will make 2 bindkeys, one for changing via to up metal level and other for changing via to down metal level. 

Below i am planning to change via M1V1M2 to via M2V2M3.

What am i planning to do is to select a via, and querying it to get its via definition name as shown below:

geGetSelSet()~>viaHeader~>viaDefName ........(1)                                                          =>("M1V1M2")

Now i planned to change this list(destructively) to the via definition since i want to change the via one metal level up: 

setcar(geGetSelSet()~>viaHeader~>viaDefName "M2V2M3") ............(2)                         =>("M2V2M3")

But nothing happens. After running code(2), when i again run code(1), it gives me code(1)'s output i.e ("M1V1M2"). 

I am doing wrong. Can you help?! 

Thanks!

Leonardo da Vinci

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  • Deeksha D

    Hi,

        Even iam facing the same issues while changing layout fom M2_M1 to M3_M2 and vice versa.. If you found the solution can you please share it??

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Deeksha D

    As I explained above, you have to either use leReplace, or delete and re-add the via (dbDeleteObject() and then dbCreateVia()).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Deeksha D
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    I used leReplace but while doing that it will take lot of time to change the via any solution for that?

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Deeksha D

    That's not very specific - you've not given any clue as to what exactly the problem is - how much is a lot of time? What precisely are you doing? Which version are you using? This really should be a new thread - see Guidelines for the Custom IC SKILL Forum

    Andrew

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  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Deeksha D

    That's not very specific - you've not given any clue as to what exactly the problem is - how much is a lot of time? What precisely are you doing? Which version are you using? This really should be a new thread - see Guidelines for the Custom IC SKILL Forum

    Andrew

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  • Deeksha D
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    I am using a version of 6.1 after the bindkey it starts buffering until I press shift+c on the virtuoso then the via will be changed

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Deeksha D

    That doesn't give anywhere enough information. "A version of 6.1" could mean one of IC6.1.0, IC6.1.1, IC6.1.2, IC6.1.3, IC6.1.4, IC6.1.5, IC6.1.6, IC6.1.7, IC6.1.8 - that's nine major releases over 13 years. You didn't give any indication on how you were calling leReplace - what are the arguments? 

    I suggest you contact customer support, so that at least an application engineer could have a web session with you to look at your data.

    Regards,

    Andrew

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