How to make a pin from net (or wire)?

This should get you started. The first line creates a net in the object newSchView, the second line creates a terminal and the third line generates a pin on the schematic canvas. The last line also draws a wire but that part is not explicitly necessary. You should be able to find these functions in the documentation to figure out exactly what you're trying to do as it's not totally clear from your post.

newInputNet = dbCreateNet(newSchView nth(0 nth(0 term~>pins~>figs~>net~>name)))
newInputTerm = dbCreateTerm(newInputNet nil "input")
schCreatePin(newSchView inputCVId nth(0 nth(0 term~>pins~>figs~>net~>name)) "input" nil 0:ypin_ofs "R0")
schCreateWire(newSchView "draw" "full" list(0:ypin_ofs xpin_ofs:ypin_ofs) 0.0625 0.0625 0.0 )

Kevin Buck said:

newInputNet = dbCreateNet(newSchView nth(0 nth(0 term~>pins~>figs~>net~>name)))
newInputTerm = dbCreateTerm(newInputNet nil "input")
schCreatePin(newSchView inputCVId nth(0 nth(0 term~>pins~>figs~>net~>name)) "input" nil 0:ypin_ofs "R0")
schCreateWire(newSchView "draw" "full" list(0:ypin_ofs xpin_ofs:ypin_ofs) 0.0625 0.0625 0.0 )

Kevin,

Note that the first two lines are redundant - if you call schCreatePin and tell it the terminal name and direction, it will automatically create the net and terminal objects in the database. It's also a bit odd that you are starting from a terminal on the first line, creating a net with the same name (which must already exist, unless the variable term is in a different cellView?).

This code can also be used to conveniently get the pin master used for creating the pin based on the same choices that appear in the schematic editor when creating pins:

; the variable "direction" needs to be set to the terminal direction
; you want
;
; assume that pinUsage is the type of pin to use 
pinUsage="schematic"
;----------------------------------------------------------------
; Determine the pin master to use given the direction
; and pinUsage (normally schematic)
;----------------------------------------------------------------
offsheet=cadr(assoc(pinUsage car(schPinMasters)))
pinOptions=foreach(mapcar (usageInfo pinInfo)
        car(schPinMasters)
        cddr(assoc(direction schPinMasters))
    cons(car(usageInfo) pinInfo)
)
pinMasterInfo=cdr(assoc(pinUsage pinOptions))
if(pinMasterInfo then
    pinMaster=dbOpenCellViewByType(
        car(pinMasterInfo) cadr(pinMasterInfo) caddr(pinMasterInfo)
    )
    unless(pinMaster
        error("Could not open pin master %L\n" pinMasterInfo)
    )
else
    error("Could not find pin master for direction %L usage %L\n"
        direction pinUsage)
)

Kevin Buck said:

newInputNet = dbCreateNet(newSchView nth(0 nth(0 term~>pins~>figs~>net~>name)))
newInputTerm = dbCreateTerm(newInputNet nil "input")
schCreatePin(newSchView inputCVId nth(0 nth(0 term~>pins~>figs~>net~>name)) "input" nil 0:ypin_ofs "R0")
schCreateWire(newSchView "draw" "full" list(0:ypin_ofs xpin_ofs:ypin_ofs) 0.0625 0.0625 0.0 )

Kevin,

Note that the first two lines are redundant - if you call schCreatePin and tell it the terminal name and direction, it will automatically create the net and terminal objects in the database. It's also a bit odd that you are starting from a terminal on the first line, creating a net with the same name (which must already exist, unless the variable term is in a different cellView?).

This code can also be used to conveniently get the pin master used for creating the pin based on the same choices that appear in the schematic editor when creating pins:

; the variable "direction" needs to be set to the terminal direction
; you want
;
; assume that pinUsage is the type of pin to use 
pinUsage="schematic"
;----------------------------------------------------------------
; Determine the pin master to use given the direction
; and pinUsage (normally schematic)
;----------------------------------------------------------------
offsheet=cadr(assoc(pinUsage car(schPinMasters)))
pinOptions=foreach(mapcar (usageInfo pinInfo)
        car(schPinMasters)
        cddr(assoc(direction schPinMasters))
    cons(car(usageInfo) pinInfo)
)
pinMasterInfo=cdr(assoc(pinUsage pinOptions))
if(pinMasterInfo then
    pinMaster=dbOpenCellViewByType(
        car(pinMasterInfo) cadr(pinMasterInfo) caddr(pinMasterInfo)
    )
    unless(pinMaster
        error("Could not open pin master %L\n" pinMasterInfo)
    )
else
    error("Could not find pin master for direction %L usage %L\n"
        direction pinUsage)
)

Good to know. I was not aware that schCreatePin did these functions implicitly, I can cut a few lines from my scripts if that is the case.