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Add Scalar Outputs for single-point Simulation to already existing Waveform Window

Volker T

Dear all,

in "ADE Explorer Plotting/Printing Options" dialog, one can enable and disable Graph Annotaions, in this case specifically the  "Scalar Outputs for single-point Simulation". If enabled, it will add a text box labelled "Scalar Outputs" containing all the output expressions resulting in a scalar to the new waveform window created when simulation is finished. (But not to new windows created by "Send to", "Copy to" or "New window".)

I wonder if I can add such a text box afterwards as well, i.e. to new subwindows or windows already existing.

One work-around is to use "Plot all" after simulation is complete, however, this creates new windows or at least new plots, and  if I have lots of subwindows, the text box only appears in one of these subwindows. So I would have to manually re-arrange waveforms to be shown in the one subwindow that contains the text box I want.

There must be a simpler way, but I don't find it. I mean, some sort of menu command or button like "Add Scalar Outputs for single-point Simulation to current waveform".

Does anyone know how to add the "Scalar Outputs for single-point Simulation" to a an already existing waveform window?

OR

Does anyone know how to access these scalar results by SKILL command, so I can write such a command and add it to my custom ADE menu myself? (So far, I only manage to find and retrieve waveform data from result database by SKILL code, but scalar output expressions are for some reason not listed under rdb->outputs~>name.)

EDIT: Sorry, I posted to the wrong forum, it was ment to be posted in Custum IC Design forum, maybe it can be moved there? Thank you.

EDIT 2 on Mar 15, 2024: Typos corrected and question for SKILL code added.

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  • Okay, sometimes the solution is simple.

    Once I have a handle to the results database, I can simply access

    rdb->outputs(?evalType "sweeps")~>name

    and

    rdb->outputs(?evalType "sweeps")~>value

    to get the results I need.

    The rest (plotting that to the current waveform window) is straightforward.

    So: A SKILL command can be written with this knowledge, but an existing button solution would be easier :-)

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  • Okay, sometimes the solution is simple.

    Once I have a handle to the results database, I can simply access

    rdb->outputs(?evalType "sweeps")~>name

    and

    rdb->outputs(?evalType "sweeps")~>value

    to get the results I need.

    The rest (plotting that to the current waveform window) is straightforward.

    So: A SKILL command can be written with this knowledge, but an existing button solution would be easier :-)

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