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Skill code to generate selected devices from schematic to layout view

skillLover

Hi everyone,

I am looking for some guidance regarding a skill script that i am working on. 

Basically, i want to generate devices from schematic to layout.

Virtuoso Layout XL has already this feature called "generate from source ( pick n place)" but i am trying to replicate this feature to Layout L, layout L does not have this feature.
I tried different approaches, i am listing one by one:

1. First of all, i fetched the db id of the selected device in schematic
pmosCV = geGetSelSet()
pmosCV = (car pmosCV)

2. Next i got the db id of the layout view

layCV = geGetEditCellView()

3. Then i went with the following approach to copy the device to layout and store the id
copiedFig = dbCopyFig(pmosCV layCV)


Now, i am facing the main issue, 
if i try to change the viewName from symbol to layout, its not letting me change.
copiedFig~>viewName = "layout"
its throwing error

if i try to use dbreplaceprop, its creating a new property rather than changing the viewName attribute.
i tried some other apis all out of luck.

interestingly, i can change symbol to layout manually, using the Q key to manually enter the property tab of the symbol in layout view, and change viewname from symbol to layout then save, it works.
so, the bind key Q is tied to "leHiEditProp()" command but its manually done.


basically, i want this manual process to get automated using skill, any clue, hints or guidance would be appreciated..
thank you

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  • Re. copiedFig~>viewName = "layout" its throwing error

    Why not tell us what the error is?

    It's a big effort to achieve XL like functionality. There is no 'L' in Virtuoso Studio you should consider upgrading.

    If you must DIY then I suggest building some mapping table and place the instances from scratch. Copying the schematic symbol is not a good approach.

  • in reply to RobMan

    I agree entirely with Rob. 

    The issue you're facing is that you can't remaster an instance by changing the viewName. You could change ~>master to the db object of the layout cellView, but there's a whole lot of things that you'd need to deal with, such as m-factor, iterated instances and many others which your simplistic approach won't handle.

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    I  understand, i thought maybe something can be worked out, because the symbol which is copied by the dbcopyfig command to the layout, has all the necessary values , changing just viewname manually to layout works out. 

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