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Z-copy skill code

Kot13

Hi All,

 I am in the process of writing some Skill code to create a negative silkscreen label. One of the steps that i need to do is to Z-copy the label to the board geometry / silkscreen_top layer. I'm still fairly new to Skill coding and for this exercise I am sending a bunch of axlShell commands that i got from using scriptmode -i.

The axlShell commands all work when i enter them one line at a time at the Skill prompt, however whenever I run my .il file I always get stuck in creating a bounding box around what I need to get Z-copied.

Here is the area of the code where I seem to get stuck:

   zcopy = "zcopy shape; setwindow pcb; drag_start "

   zcopy2 = "setwindow pcb; drag_stop "

   sprintf(cmd "%s %d %d " zcopy (StartX-25) (StartY+25))

   axlShell(cmd)

The last command always executes and I have the bouding box started.

   sprintf(cmd "%s %d %d" zcopy2 EndX EndY)

   axlShell(cmd)

   axlShell("pop Done")

The above code never executes.

 

I always wind up with a the Z-copy bounding box started and the end point attatched to my cursor. And the Skill prompt at:

Select cline, shape, rectangle or closed polygon.
Enter selection point
Select cline, shape, rectangle or closed polygon.
Enter selection point
Skill >

 

Can anyone point me to what i am doing wrong? Or suggest a better way of completing the Z-Copy using Skill?

Thanks

-K

 

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