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leMergeShapes alternative for PCELL code (compatible with steam-out)

Hi,

I'm working on code for a layout PCELL. In this code I use leMergeShapes.I just found out that this procedure is not known at stream-out (it's not part of the allowed list of procedures as can be found here:support.cadence.com/.../techpubDocViewerPage. This is unfortunate, since I need those shapes to be merged.

What alternative method should I use which is compatible with stream-out and which achieves the same? The original shapes are created using dbCreateRect().

With kind regards,

Sjoerd

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Andrew Beckett over 4 years ago

Sjoerd,

You could use dbLayerOr(). This generates a new set of merged shapes (so you'd need to delete the source shapes).

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Sheppie over 4 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

Thank you Andrew.

So simple, yet so effective. Works really well.

One question: now I delete the original shapes simply by using a foreach() with dbDeleteObject(). Is there a smarter method to deleting all shapes at once?

With kind regards,

Sjoerd
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Andrew Beckett over 4 years ago in reply to Sheppie

Hi Sjoerd,

No, that is the smart method ;-)

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Andrew Beckett over 4 years ago in reply to Sheppie

Hi Sjoerd,

No, that is the smart method ;-)

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Sheppie over 4 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the confirmation, that I'm smart! Will tell my wife...

With kind regards,

Sjoerd
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