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axlReplacePadstack axlReplacePadstack

Schendly

 I am trying to learn SKILL and I am going through 'allegroskill.pdf' manual and I can't get the axlReplacePadstack on  page 245 to work.  It says: "The padstack can be referenced by name or a dbid and must be present in the Allegro PCB Editor database"

I tried both dbid and padstack name I am still getting nil. I know how to do it with the Allegro Editor command. 

Thanks for any help.

Schendly 

Version Allegro Xl 16.01 

  • Hi Schendly

    axlReplacePadstack(o_dbid/lo_dbid o_padstackdbid/t_padname)

    o_dbid/lo_dbid is either single or list of ids

    o_padstackdbid/t_padname can be dbid or padstack name

    Although this seems pretty obvious I've not been able to get it to work either. I'm on 16.3. I'll file an SR to see whats going on here.

    Best regards

    Ole

  • Thanks, Ole.

    As I am a novice in Skill, I thougth I was misreading the manual.

    Regrads,

    Schendly

     

  • Try this function. It works in 16.3: defun( AFn_replacePads () let((pins, padstackNames, n, padstack, psid) axlClearSelSet() axlSetFindFilter(?enabled '("NOALL", "PINS"), ?onButtons '("PINS")) axlSelect(?prompt "Select pins") pins = axlGetSelSet() padstackNames = unique(pins ~>name) when(length(padstackNames) > 1 n = axlUIMultipleChoice("Select the padstack name of the pins to replace", padstackNames, "Select pins to replace") pins = and(n >= 0, setof(p, pins, p ->name == nth(n, padstackNames))) ) axlHighlightObject(pins) and( pins padstack = car(axlUIDataBrowse('PADSTACK '(RETRIEVE_NAME, EXAMINE_DATABASE), "New Padstack Name", t)) psid = axlLoadPadstack(padstack) axlReplacePadstack(pins, psid) ) axlDehighlightObject(pins) axlClearSelSet() axlFinishEnterFun() ))

  • Hi

    Found the issue, you need to load the padstack before it can be used to replace. Code below works fine, so Dave, thanks for the hint in your code with axlLoadPadstack - that did the trick.

    axlClearSelSet()

    axlSetFindFilter(?enabled list("noall", "vias", "invisible"), ?onButtons list("noall", "vias"))

    axlAddSelectAll()

    selSet = axlGetSelSet()

    axlClearSelSet()

    pad = axlLoadPadstack("via019")

    via = axlReplacePadstack(selSet, pad)

    Best regards

    Ole

  • Thanks, Dave and Ole.

     I will try it.

     

    Schendly 

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