About encounter DB command & its hidden option?

For 1, there's a couple of different ways to get this. First, there's a corresponding "getObjFPlanBoxList" that goes with setObjFPlanBoxList. It works like this:

encounter 34> getObjFPlanBoxList Module DTMF_INST/RESULTS_CONV_INST
942.48 598.08 1172.16 749.28 942.48 749.28 1100.88 829.92

You could also query the db similarly to how you have with "dbConstraintBox" to get a list of the boxes that make up the polygon. Here's an example of how you could do that with FE-TCL:

proc userConstraintBoxList {hinstName} {
set constraintBoxList {}
set constraint [dbHInstConstraint [dbGetHInstByName $hinstName]]
set constraintBox [dbConstraintBox $constraint]
dbForEachConstraintBox $constraint box {
set ptrBox [dbBoxPtrBox $box]
lappend constraintBoxList $ptrBox
}
if {[llength $constraintBoxList] > 0} {
return $constraintBoxList
} else {
return $constraintBox
}
}

encounter 28> userConstraintBoxList DTMF_INST/RESULTS_CONV_INST
{1884960 1498560 2201760 1659840} {1884960 1196160 2344320 1498560}

This scripted method is probably easier to do if you're writing a script because you can control the formatting of what is returned to suit your needs.

For item 2, using 6.2 you can use "setECOMode -noRefinePlace" to suppress refinePlace during eco commands. In 6.1 and earlier, you can use "setOptMode -noRPlace" to achieve same.

-Bob

For 1, there's a couple of different ways to get this. First, there's a corresponding "getObjFPlanBoxList" that goes with setObjFPlanBoxList. It works like this:

encounter 34> getObjFPlanBoxList Module DTMF_INST/RESULTS_CONV_INST
942.48 598.08 1172.16 749.28 942.48 749.28 1100.88 829.92

You could also query the db similarly to how you have with "dbConstraintBox" to get a list of the boxes that make up the polygon. Here's an example of how you could do that with FE-TCL:

proc userConstraintBoxList {hinstName} {
set constraintBoxList {}
set constraint [dbHInstConstraint [dbGetHInstByName $hinstName]]
set constraintBox [dbConstraintBox $constraint]
dbForEachConstraintBox $constraint box {
set ptrBox [dbBoxPtrBox $box]
lappend constraintBoxList $ptrBox
}
if {[llength $constraintBoxList] > 0} {
return $constraintBoxList
} else {
return $constraintBox
}
}

encounter 28> userConstraintBoxList DTMF_INST/RESULTS_CONV_INST
{1884960 1498560 2201760 1659840} {1884960 1196160 2344320 1498560}

This scripted method is probably easier to do if you're writing a script because you can control the formatting of what is returned to suit your needs.

For item 2, using 6.2 you can use "setECOMode -noRefinePlace" to suppress refinePlace during eco commands. In 6.1 and earlier, you can use "setOptMode -noRPlace" to achieve same.

-Bob