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need help with dbCopyFig issue

Terry1959

I have a skill procedure for copying/moving selected shapes/cells/etc. on variable pitches. Works great except in groups and in arrays.

When used in a group, it copies the selection fine... but the original item is thrown out of the group, leaving the copied version inside the group.

I need both copied and original to remain in the group.

When in an mosaic array, the program doesn't work at all.

here is the code...

if(mode == "copy" then
count = CopyVar
while((count>0)
foreach(object geGetSelSet()
dbCopyFig(object geGetEditRep())
dbMoveFig(object nil list(coord "R0"))
)

any help on a way to solve these issues would be appreciated.

Thanks much

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  • Andrew Beckett

    I've no idea what you expect your code to do - it's incomplete (you have a while loop and an if that aren't closed, and presumably there must be something done afterwards).

    I did the following:

    1. Created a group with some shapes in it
    2. Edit in place that group
    3. mode="copy" CopyVar=1 coord=20:30
    4. select some of the shapes in the group
    5. Execute this code:

    if(mode == "copy" then
      count = CopyVar
      while((count>0)
        foreach(object geGetSelSet()
          dbCopyFig(object geGetEditRep())
          dbMoveFig(object nil list(coord "R0"))
        )
        count=0 ; to ensure while loop ends
      )
    )

    What this does is what I'd expect. The selected shapes get moved by the offset that is in coord (i.e. shifted by 20:30) but stay in the group. New copies appear in the cellView (not in the group) at the original locations of those shapes. Not surprising because the dbMoveFig is the thing moving the original shapes and the dbCopyFig is not trying to put the new copies into the figGroup.

    So the code doesn't appear to be making the original item "thrown out" of the group - nor is it adding the copy into the group - so it's not doing what you say.

    If you want the new copies in the figGroup you're editing in place, then do:

    if(mode == "copy" then
      count = CopyVar
      curFigGroup=leGetEditFigGroup()
      while((count>0)
        foreach(object geGetSelSet()
          newCopy=dbCopyFig(object geGetEditRep())
          when(curFigGroup
            dbAddFigToFigGroup(curFigGroup newCopy)
          ) 
          dbMoveFig(object nil list(coord "R0"))
        )
        count=0 ; to ensure while loop ends
      )
    )

    Not sure that's what you really wanted, but maybe it will clarify your thoughts?

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    I've no idea what you expect your code to do - it's incomplete (you have a while loop and an if that aren't closed, and presumably there must be something done afterwards).

    I did the following:

    1. Created a group with some shapes in it
    2. Edit in place that group
    3. mode="copy" CopyVar=1 coord=20:30
    4. select some of the shapes in the group
    5. Execute this code:

    if(mode == "copy" then
      count = CopyVar
      while((count>0)
        foreach(object geGetSelSet()
          dbCopyFig(object geGetEditRep())
          dbMoveFig(object nil list(coord "R0"))
        )
        count=0 ; to ensure while loop ends
      )
    )

    What this does is what I'd expect. The selected shapes get moved by the offset that is in coord (i.e. shifted by 20:30) but stay in the group. New copies appear in the cellView (not in the group) at the original locations of those shapes. Not surprising because the dbMoveFig is the thing moving the original shapes and the dbCopyFig is not trying to put the new copies into the figGroup.

    So the code doesn't appear to be making the original item "thrown out" of the group - nor is it adding the copy into the group - so it's not doing what you say.

    If you want the new copies in the figGroup you're editing in place, then do:

    if(mode == "copy" then
      count = CopyVar
      curFigGroup=leGetEditFigGroup()
      while((count>0)
        foreach(object geGetSelSet()
          newCopy=dbCopyFig(object geGetEditRep())
          when(curFigGroup
            dbAddFigToFigGroup(curFigGroup newCopy)
          ) 
          dbMoveFig(object nil list(coord "R0"))
        )
        count=0 ; to ensure while loop ends
      )
    )

    Not sure that's what you really wanted, but maybe it will clarify your thoughts?

    Andrew.

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