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Generating BOM from PCB File

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Hi All,

I'm trying to write a skill function to:-

1) Automatically select all components in a board.

2) Group the selected components by Symbol 

3) Print to file a simple BOM list.

 

For the first part the code is 

axlClearSelSet()
axlSetFindFilter(?enabled "ALL" ?onButtons "NOALL")
axlSetFindFilter(?enabled "ALL" ?onButtons "symbols")
axlAddSelectAll()

 

1) The components are all selected, but how do I access the dbids?

2) After obtaining the dbids how do I access the Reference Designator and the Symbol Name?

 

Thanks All 

 

 

 

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  • I am away from the reference documentation but I think, if you check the Allegro SKILL Language reference, that axlAddSelectAll will return a list, so myList=axlAddSelectAll() will contain a list of symbols the use a foreach(?) to work through the list, "something like" foreach(mySym in myList), and get the properties with "something like" myRefDes=mySym->RefDes in the loop. You could use the loop to build another list of just the required properties and then process that list later in the routine. I am sure that one of the regular SKILL "wizards" will have a more precise response! This might get you in the right direction for in the meantime.

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  • I am away from the reference documentation but I think, if you check the Allegro SKILL Language reference, that axlAddSelectAll will return a list, so myList=axlAddSelectAll() will contain a list of symbols the use a foreach(?) to work through the list, "something like" foreach(mySym in myList), and get the properties with "something like" myRefDes=mySym->RefDes in the loop. You could use the loop to build another list of just the required properties and then process that list later in the routine. I am sure that one of the regular SKILL "wizards" will have a more precise response! This might get you in the right direction for in the meantime.

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