How to select the specific type of object by coordination

Hi Wenckey

Something like these.

Hope this helps.

procedure( svx()
 cv = geGetEditCellView()
 x = 13.899
 y = 0.37
 
 foreach(via cv~>vias
  via_x = car(via~>xy)
  via_y = cadr(via~>xy)
  if( via_x == 13.899 && via_y == 0.37 then
   geSelectFig(via)
  ) ;if
 );for
) ;proc


; To select all object in that location.
procedure( sva()
 x = 13.899
 y = 0.37
 cv = geGetEditCellView()
 geSelectAll()
 foreach( obj geGetSelSet()
  x_coord = car(obj~>xy)
  y_coord = cadr(obj~>xy)
  printf("\nx = %L y = %L" x_coord y_coord)
  if( x_coord != x && y_coord != y then
   geDeselectFig(obj)
  ) ;if
 ) ;for
);proc

Best regards,

Marben

Hi Marben,

Unfortunately that wouldn’t be very efficient for a large layout with lots of vias and lots of shapes.  Better would be to use dbViaQuery or dbShapeQuery to find vias or other shapes in that location. You’d just define the bBox as a list of the point twice. You could also use dbGetOverlaps as a more general query for objects in that location - in all cases you’d use 0 as the start and stop level, and then you’d use geSelectFigs on the resulting list of objects. 

Regards,

Andrew

Thanks for the response. Can you give me a quick example like select the via in location(X,Y). 

I cannot find the instruction for dbViaQuery or dbShapeQuery in cdsFinder. How can I find the command in any document?

cv=geGetEditCellView()
pt=17:-1
vias=dbViaQuery(cv list(pt pt) 0 0)
geSelectFigs(vias)

I'm rather surprised that you don't find dbViaQuery or dbShapeQuery in cdsFinder or by searching for it in cdnshelp. Which IC version are you using? (what does getVersion(t) in the CIW return?)

Regards,

Andrew.

cv=geGetEditCellView()
pt=17:-1
vias=dbViaQuery(cv list(pt pt) 0 0)
geSelectFigs(vias)

I'm rather surprised that you don't find dbViaQuery or dbShapeQuery in cdsFinder or by searching for it in cdnshelp. Which IC version are you using? (what does getVersion(t) in the CIW return?)

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi, Andrew:

Thanks a lot! I checked my cadence version is "sub-version  IC6.1.7-64b.500.11" and I can find it with the help menu.

My cdsFinder is old, I need to update it!

Thanks

Kevin

Hi Kevin,

Presumably something is wrong with your search path as it should just find this in the tools/bin dir of the IC installation. You can also just type startFinder() in the CIW to launch it, and that should pick the cdsFinder from your current installation. The current version has a useful "More Info" button which takes you from the quick summary to the full documentation.

Kind Regards,

Andrew.

Got it!~ 

That will be great help.