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How to add text in Pcell by scripts ?

Yanfei
Yanfei over 5 years ago

Hi , I am a beginner of skill language.  I am trying to add some texts around a structure so that we can observe text label in the final chip when testing the sample.

I tried dbCreateLabel, but seems the label will not appear in the final chip die.

Anyone know how to do this ?

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 5 years ago

    See Turbo Toolbox: Generating Alphanumeric Characters on a particular layer with DRC free Width and Spacing.

    Andrew

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  • Yanfei
    Yanfei over 5 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks a lot, Andrew. But i did not find turo toolbox in Virtuoso Layout XL. Under options, there are "display,  editor, selection, magnifier... "

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 5 years ago in reply to Yanfei

    If  you scroll down the article, it tells you that after IC6.1.5 the toolbox isn't there (much of the turbo toolbox functionality is now integrated as standard features in the tool). However, the PG text has not been fully integrated yet, so the article tells you to call a SKILL function to invoke it.

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    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 5 years ago in reply to Yanfei

    If  you scroll down the article, it tells you that after IC6.1.5 the toolbox isn't there (much of the turbo toolbox functionality is now integrated as standard features in the tool). However, the PG text has not been fully integrated yet, so the article tells you to call a SKILL function to invoke it.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Yanfei
    Yanfei over 5 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    OK, got it . Thank you so much

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