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Creating a Via Matrix Using Skill

Hi,

I know that there is an option that lets you create a Via Matrix, but I want to know how that is done programmatically. I noticed that if you try placing via by via in a board it takes a lot of time.. e.g.create vias from (0,0) to (500,600) with a distance of 100 between them. This takes more time than it should if you have to create more vias, but the option to create a via matrix does it 10 times faster.

I'm currently using this method: axlDBCreateVia(padstack x:y)

Any Information or help will be appreciated.

Thank you!

eDave over 8 years ago

Do you mean something as simple as this:

for(x, 0, 5, for(y, 0, 6, axlDBCreateVia(padstack, x * 100:y * 100)))
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B Bruekers over 8 years ago

And then place it in a cloak to make it even faster; axlDBCloak( 'for(x, 0, 5, for(y, 0, 6, axlDBCreateVia(padstack, x * 100:y * 100))) '(shape))
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Kevinko over 8 years ago

Yes, that's what I'm doing. The only problem is that it takes a lot of time if I'm creating more than 30 vias inside the board, but if I create them outside the board they are created instantly. I believe that axlDBCreateVia is doing something in the background, maybe updating other shapes. But I don't know how to speed it up.
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Kevinko over 8 years ago

Oh awesome, that seems to have improved it dramatically
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B Bruekers over 8 years ago

The cloak prevents the dynamic shapes to update during via placement and only updates once on the end of the function.
Another thing you can do is to zoom to a point, lets say around the origin, and turn all visibility/layers off. I've noticed that this also helps to speed things up when creating large amount of vias or shapes.
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