Regarding fast edit using SKILL & How to Set Level using cellview Id in SKILL

Ganesh,

I don't think that viaGenerateViasAtPoint() would be dependent upon the displayed stop level - you can do that though with:

hiGetCurrentWindow()->stopLevel=31

I wonder whether instead you just need to use dbOpenHier(cvId 31) to fully open the design hierarchy?

Regards,

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

Thank you for the help. I tried it but it's not helping as you said in the previous response.


According to my observation why it is not adding vias at a certain location is because the metals are in one cell view and the vias are present in another cellview. In some cases there is a bottom metal via in one level and top metal via in another level.

So that is the reason why I thought if you set stop level to 20 it should add a via It should be able to add via. But it has not worked.

I tried adding a rectangle where there is vias instead of just adding vias.

But I am getting some issues like not getting enough vias according to area available because of the vias previously added and reduced due to some DRC.

And also, if there is way to Fast edit vias using database id through skill that will be helpful.

Thank you
Ganesh Doddipatla.

Ganesh,

Since the "Fast Edit" feature is an interactive capability of the create via command, I don't really understand what you mean by asking for this through SKILL. For your specific issue, please give an example of what the layout looks like and the code you are trying to use - it's very hard to diagnose problems that you can't see and only have a rather loose description of your observations.

Regards,

Andrew