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Creating a Prefix for a cellview

lbodepu

Hi ,

I am looking for a way in which I can add a prefix to the symbols when we instantiate them in a schematicl.

I wrote the namePrefix in CDF.

Do I have to add a property in CDF.

Lavanya

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Lavanya,

    Search in the help for instNamePrefix. You need to put this as a property on the symbol (so open the symbol for the component, and then do Edit->Properties->CellView and then add a string property instNamePrefix with the string value being the prefix you want.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Lavanya,

    Search in the help for instNamePrefix. You need to put this as a property on the symbol (so open the symbol for the component, and then do Edit->Properties->CellView and then add a string property instNamePrefix with the string value being the prefix you want.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • lbodepu
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    I am trying to include it in a skill code when creating a symbol using dbopencellviewbytype("Lib_1" "Capacitor" "symbol" "schematicSymbol" "w").

    I would like the prefix "cap"

    So I included this in the code:

    dst=ddGetObj("Lib_1" "Capacitor")
    dbBagId=dbOpenBag(dst,"a")
    dbReplaceProp(dst,"instNamePrefix","string","cap")

    In the cdf properties:

    cdfId->instDisplayMode = "instName"
    cdfId->instNameType = "schematic"  

    But its not working. Am I missing something here?

    Thanks,

    Lavanya

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to lbodepu

    Hi Lavanya,

    You're putting the instNamePrefix property in the wrong place. It's not in the cell property bag, but on the symbol cellView itself. So if you're doing:

    cvId=dbOpenCellViewByType("Lib_1" "Capacitor" "symbol" "schematicSymbol" "w") ;...

    then

    cvId~>instNamePrefix="cap"

    would do the job.

    The cdf properties you are setting are related to label display (the cdsName() interpreted label) and nothing to do with the instance names.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • lbodepu
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks Andrew,

    Its working now.

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