SKILL function for getting point ID (or netlist directory) in ADE XL

Hi,

 Try this: 

session=axlGetWindowSession()
historyName=axlGetHistoryName( axlGetCurrentHistory(session))
rdb=axlReadHistoryResDB(historyName)
foreach(test rdb->tests()
  printf("Point %d Corner %L Test %s | The netlist directory is : %s \n" test->pointID test->cornerName test->name strcat( test->resultsDir "/netlist"))
)

test->resultsDir returns the results directory of each sim point which is the dir that includes the netlist and psf folders. Using strcat I have added '/netlist'  to point to the netlist directory.

Regards,

Dimitra

Thank you for your suggestion.

It looks like your code will return full list of netlist for each design points. However I think I need something slightly different.

I am making a custom function that will show the result in ADE XL result window.

For example, I would like to get something like this in ADE XL.

In this example, I am sweeping three different VDD in two different process corners.

I would like to measure three values in this example.

I can use pre-defined Waveform Calculator function for simple expressions like "Power" and "Output duty cycle".

I also would like to have some custom function that will read a certain file in the netlist directory and show certain value from that file in the same ADE XL window.

Maybe I can use your code to generate separate text file that contains all the result.

However I would need to open the result file after each simulation run, and I'd like to avoid that.

Again, thank you very much for your answer.

Ok it's clearer now what you are trying to do.

You can add the following output for each of your tests in Outputs Setup tab in ADE-XL:

asiGetNetlistDir(asiGetCurrentSession())

The above returns the netlist directory for each designPointId-Corner for the associated test.

Also, Instead of calling again asiGetNetlistDir(asiGetCurrentSession()) in your custom function which reads value(s) from a file from netlist directory, you can use calcVal() as input argument in the custom function to propagate the netlist directory.

e.g

In Outputs Setup tab:

netlistDir= asiGetNetlistDir(asiGetCurrentSession())

MyReadValue=dpReadValueFromFileInNetlistDir(calcVal("netlistDir"))

In the above example, you might not really need calcVal() - so dpReadValueFromFileInNetlistDir( netlistDir ) would be enough - but some things are not working always without calcVal() so I'll advise you to use it.

Regards,
Dimitra

I've tried your suggestion with limited success.

Let's say I am running a test named "test_tran" at "Interactive.0". I will assume that four different corners will be run as a result of this simulation.

The result directory will look like this.

• Interactive.0
  • 1
    • test_tran
      • netlist
      • psf
  • 2
    
    • test_tran
      • netlist
      • psf
  • 3
    
    • test_tran
      • netlist
      • psf
  • 4
    
    • test_tran
      • netlist
      • psf
  • psf
    • test_tran
      • netlist
      • psf

Before running the simulation, I defined a new expression called "netlistDir" as asiGetNetlistDir(asiGetCurrentSession())

As each simulation ends, "netlistDir" will correctly point to each directory, namely...

- [some hierarchy]/Interactive.0/1/test_tran/netlist

- [some hierarchy]/Interactive.0/2/test_tran/netlist

- [some hierarchy]/Interactive.0/3/test_tran/netlist

- [some hierarchy]/Interactive.0/4/test_tran/netlist

However, when I re-evaluate the expression after all the simulations have ended, they will all point to same directory, which is...

- [some hierarchy]/Interactive.0/psf/test_tran/netlist

The same expression is giving me different result depending on when it was evaluated. Therefore it can cause unexpected error especially when I want to add a new expression that refers to netlistDir after the simulation is done.

If it can work correctly all the time, then it will solve all of my problem. I believe we are getting closer to the solution.

Thank you so much for your expert advice.

That's a good point. Dimitra and I had talked about this, and I'd always used the approach with asiGetCurrentSession(), but overlooked the fact that re-evaluate doesn't work properly because asiGetCurrentSession is pointing at the global point then. For the case I'd been using it previously, which was used with calcVal to pass a spectre nodeset from one simulation toa another, that didn't matter, because it was only used in simulation and re-evaluation didn't matter - but clearly it does in your case.

Instead, you can use openResults() or sprintf(nil "%s/netlist" openResults()) if you need the netlist dir, or similar for the psf dir. That should work with both the post-simulation and re-evaluation situations, I believe (seems fine from a quick test).

Regards,

Andrew.

I've tried openResults() and it works perfectly

Thank you so much for your help. I've been working on this for weeks, and it will reduce the script length by a lot.

I've tried openResults() and it works perfectly

Thank you so much for your help. I've been working on this for weeks, and it will reduce the script length by a lot.