Skill code to generate selected devices from schematic to layout view

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