Exclude macros from addMetalFill

I also find nothing options to exclude Macro for adding metal fill.  i often create routing blockages over Macros.

Hi again!

After some playing I had the idea to remove the fillers from where I don't want them. Please find attached a section of the script doing this for a certain list of instances.

# remove metal fill above certain instances
set exclude_instances {core_1/TopAcchs_1/ram_interface core_1/TopAcchs_1/xram_interface}
set offset 5.0

foreach inst $exclude_instances {
  # use "eval" to get four individual parameters for iobox
  eval set box [dbGet [dbGetInstByName $inst].box]
  set x1 [lindex $box 0]
  set y1 [lindex $box 1]
  set x2 [lindex $box 2]
  set y2 [lindex $box 3]
  set x1 [expr $x1 - $offset]
  set y1 [expr $y1 - $offset]
  set x2 [expr $x2 + $offset]
  set y2 [expr $y2 + $offset]
  set area "$x1 $y1 $x2 $y2"
  puts "Removing metal fill for instance $inst in area $area"
  eval editDelete -shapes FILLWIRE -area $area
}

Note that the editDelete instruction is sensitive to the preferences setting whether you want to delete "Enclosed by Box" or "Intersecting Box".

Bye

  Hansi