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axlAirGap help

pcbnagaraj
Dear All,

I am trying to find the air gap between a shape in PACKAGE GEOMETRY/SILKSCREEN_TOP layer  and via using VIA CLASS/SOLDER MASK TOP

axlSetFindFilter(?enabled list("noall" "pins" "vias" "clines" "shapes" "lines" ) ?onButtons list("noall" "pins" "vias" "clines" "shapes" "lines"))

axlSingleSelectBox(bbox) ; this selects both shape and via with bbox as user input

select_list = axlGetSelSet()

silk_shape_dbid = car(select_list)

via_dbid = cadr(select_list)

axlAirGap(silk_shape_dbid  via_dbid  "VIA CLASS/SOLDERMASK_TOP" t )

running this I get error

W- *WARNING* ilMakeString: NULL String, changed to "".

(NOMATCH

    ("")

)

Please help. What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks,

Nagaraj
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  • You have two issues:

    •   the 2 objects don't share the same layer so you need to use a different option for the 4th arg
    •   you may have pins in your list so "VIA CLASS" would be wrong for them

    use: axlAirGap(silk_shape_dbid  via_dbid  "VIA CLASS/SOLDERMASK_TOP" 'anyLayer )

    •    if the  via_dbid is a PIN substiture "PIN" for class name

    If you use 'enhanced for the 4th arg then the return reports the layers used for measurement.

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  • You have two issues:

    •   the 2 objects don't share the same layer so you need to use a different option for the 4th arg
    •   you may have pins in your list so "VIA CLASS" would be wrong for them

    use: axlAirGap(silk_shape_dbid  via_dbid  "VIA CLASS/SOLDERMASK_TOP" 'anyLayer )

    •    if the  via_dbid is a PIN substiture "PIN" for class name

    If you use 'enhanced for the 4th arg then the return reports the layers used for measurement.

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