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Saving design image to file with instances in virtuoso with SKILL

MattBauer
MattBauer over 5 years ago

Hey everyone,

I'm seeing a bit of undesired behavior (for my particular use, it might make sense in general) when using the hiExportImage command. When the image saves to file it has the outlines of instances shown, but in the display it shows the contents of the instances without outlines. I'd like to show the contents, but not the outlines, of the instances in the exported image. I'd rather not flatten the design if possible. I'm not sure if I'm missing a parameter in hiExportImage, if I need to change a display setting, or if the only way to do it is to flatten the design. I've placed the relevant command I'm working with below

hiExportImage(?fileName fileName ?bBox list(xBoxLL:yBoxLL xBoxUR:yBoxUR) ?scaleFactor 0.103 ?colorType 'biColor ?fgColor "black" ?bgColor "white")

I've also tried this with ?haloType 'simple with no improvement in the output.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

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