Function for getting the layer information in the specific area without selection

First of all, you don't want to use enterScreenBox() as this returns screen coordinates, not the coordinates in a design window. You want enterBox() instead. Then you could either use dbShapeQuery and then process the results to transform them to the top coordinate system, and use dbLayerAnd to find the overlapping regions. This will result in temporary shapes though - probably better to use abeInit, and then abeLayerFromCellView with ?bBox with the results of the enterBox for the two relevant layers, and then use abeLayerAnd. You can use the result of this to find the coordinates. The benefit of the abe functions is that it will process the hierarchy for you, and do all the transformations, and the and is only done in memory. The only downside is that it only deals with octalinear shapes (i.e. on 45-degree multiples).

Andrew

First of all, you don't want to use enterScreenBox() as this returns screen coordinates, not the coordinates in a design window. You want enterBox() instead. Then you could either use dbShapeQuery and then process the results to transform them to the top coordinate system, and use dbLayerAnd to find the overlapping regions. This will result in temporary shapes though - probably better to use abeInit, and then abeLayerFromCellView with ?bBox with the results of the enterBox for the two relevant layers, and then use abeLayerAnd. You can use the result of this to find the coordinates. The benefit of the abe functions is that it will process the hierarchy for you, and do all the transformations, and the and is only done in memory. The only downside is that it only deals with octalinear shapes (i.e. on 45-degree multiples).

Andrew

Thanks for yout time.

I tried to use the function "dbShapeQuery".

However, it only returns the shape that I enter.

For example, when I use dbShapeQuery(deGetCellView()  list("ME5" "drawing")  enterBox()),

it only returns me that ME5 layer exists or not.

If it is possible, then I want to use the function that returns me every drawing layer in the area which I select with the function 'enterBox()'

Is the function exists..? 

Best regards.

Apologies - it wasn't clear that you would want to get all shapes not just those on specific layers. Use dbGetTrueOverlaps instead of dbShapeQuery.

Andrew

The following example might help you make this work with ABE:

(defun custom_query_shapes ( @key (box    (enterBox))
                                  (cv     (geGetEditCellView))
                                  (lpps   (setof lpp (geGetEditCellView)->lpps (equal "drawing" lpp->purpose)))
                             @rest _args)
  "Return the position of shapes in CV that are inside BOX and whose lpp belongs to LPPS"
  (abeInit cv)
  (unwindProtect
    (let ((abe_layer (abeNewLayer))
          (polygons  (makeTable 'polygons nil))
          )
      ;; Browse provided lpps to fetch shapes in box
      (foreach lpp lpps
        (abeClearLayer abe_layer)
        (abeLayerFromCellView lpp->layerName ?purpose lpp->purpose ?bBox box ?outLayer abe_layer)
        (let ((iter (abeIslandIterator abe_layer)))
          (while (setq polygon iter->next)
            (pushf polygon polygons[ (list lpp->layerName lpp->purpose) ])
            ));while ;let
        );let
      ;; Return polygons by lpp table
      polygons
      );foreach lpp
    (abeDone)
    ));def

You can then use:
(custom_query_shapes)[??]

To print a report of the polygons by lpp in the box you will click

Cheers

Aurélien

It really works well.

Thanks a lot, Andrew Becket.

Best Regards

I'm trying your code now.

Thanks, Aurelien!

Best regards.