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Bindkey to set various Schematic selection filter

Jismal Jamal

Hello I am currently trying to set a bindkey in Schematic Selection Filter. There was a reply in Cadence support Need bindkeys to toggle on/off selectability/visibility of various objects in the Schematic Selection Filter (cadence.com) but the problem with the approach is it doesn't have User Interface consistency. The Bindkey assignment doesn't reflect the change in Ui since the bindkey assignment use "schSchSelectForm". I am trying a different approach to set the bindkey using a code snippet

"swindow(59)->hiToolbars->schSelectToolbar_59->default->checked=t" (59 being my session Window ID)

Found that in this way the Ui is consistent, but I cannot figure a way to convert this code snippet independent of session ID. What I come up with is

"hiGetSessionWindow(hiGetCurrentWindow())->hiToolbars->schSelectToolbar_59->text->checked=t"

But I don't know to replace "schSelectToolbar_59" with something session ID independent. Any help would be thankful and sorry for my lack of knowledge in SKILL.

  • Normally I'd suggest altering the cdsenv variable something like this:

    envSetVal("schematic" "schematicSelectFilter" 'string "wireName instanceName instancePinName instanceLabel noteText noteShape pinName")

    but in this case the toolbar doesn't get synchronised and the Edit→Select→Filter doesn't update if the form is already open (it will update the next time you open it though).

    If you really want to switch the modes corresponding to the toolbar settings, you can use:

    deFindToolbar("schSelectToolbar" hiGetSessionWindow(hiGetCurrentWindow()))->default->checked=t
    deFindToolbar("schSelectToolbar" hiGetSessionWindow(hiGetCurrentWindow()))->text->checked=t

    This way you don't need to know the magic number - the deFindToolbar will find that for you. This way the toolbar and select filter form will stay synchronised.

    Regards,

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thank Andrew It works!

    Cheers :) 

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