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Skill code to generate pins and label on metal by a bindkey

Sonalj

Hi,

             I though of writing a code to create pins on metals just by pressing a bindkey. If a path segment is partially selected at right end then the pin should be placed on the path segment at right end with the same width and height as of pathwidth along with a label same as the name of the path segment. If the Path segment is fully selected place a pin entirely on the mental along with its label.

Is there any Ideas? and also how to access the "Route net name" of a Path Segment that we see when query path segment  is done in its connectivity tab.

Thanks.

  • Isn't that exactly what the Create Pin command does with "Auto" selected? Why would you write SKILL code to do something that already exists?

    Anyway, if you have a selected shape, you can do shape~>net~>name (to get the net name that the shape is attached to). Strictly speaking if it's part of a route, then it would be shape~>route~>net~>name.

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks for the reply.

    Even after I select auto I have to give some inputs to the form opened.

    I want it to be done by a single bindkey without opening the form.

    I have written a code such that it takes all the inputs through script but I have to open the form atleast once for it to take the inputs from script after pressing bindkey.

    and also I have given command to close the form after taking inputs from script but the form still remains open even after I place the pin in layout it does not get closed automatically.

    Thanks

  • in reply to Sonalj

    There's leCreateAutoPin() which does most of the work for you, but you'd need to give it the net name (which I explained how to retrieve), and then create the label after that (but it ought to be easy enough to add a label or textDisplay to the centre of the generated pin using dbCreateLabel or dbCreateTextDisplay).

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