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Add symbols from library to schematic library

TravisMN

I have a list of over 1000 gate schematics to which I need to add symbols. I have been attempting several commands to achieve this, but it is only producing errors and incorrect results. This is my first task assigned for using Cadence, so I have no familiarity with this at all. What are the correct commands and syntax to copy the symbols to the respective schematic? Is there a way to automate this for the whole library? This following example libraries and cells are what I am using below:

Symbol source: "local_symbols" Cell: "and2"

Schematic source library: "TravisMN_test" Cell: "AND2_X10_12TLVT"

I attempted to use:

schPinListToSymbol("local_symbols" "and2" "symbol" schSchemToPinList("TravisMN_test" "AND2_X10_12TLVT" "schematic"))

as mentioned in post https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/custom-ic-skill/47924/skill-code-to-generate-symbol-view-automatically-from-schematics/1373961, but produced a generic rectangle symbol instead of the AND gate I am attempting to map to the schematic and it also did not combine the symbol to the schematic.

  • Andrew Beckett

    If you just want to copy the symbol, using schSchemToPinList and schPinListToSymbol won't help. schPinListToSymbol is intended to produce an automated symbol from a list of pins, and will be a generic rectangular symbol. Plus the fact your code would overwrite the local_symbols/and2 symbol which is presumably not what you wanted!

    You'd just do:

    srcCv=dbOpenCellViewByType("local_symbols" "and2" "symbol")
    dstCv=dbCopyCellView(srcCv "TravisMN_test" "AND2_X10_12TLVT" "symbol")
    dbClose(srcCv)
    dbClose(dstCv)

    Andrew

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