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How to get the current BOM of the currently opened brd file (Iam new to cadence )

Raj535
Raj535 over 8 years ago

i was able to iterate the designs from the dbo session 

set lDesignsIter [$lSession NewDesignsIter $lStatus]
#get the first design
set lDesign [$lDesignsIter NextDesign $lStatus]

but how to get current design i see the GetDesign but not sure on the parameters, where can i find the APIs for this commands

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  • oldmouldy
    oldmouldy over 8 years ago

    This is TCL code, for the Schematic, DSN, file, rather than SKILL code, for the physical layout, BRD, file. Tools>Bill of Materials, or Tools>Reports>Component Report would be the conventional approach.

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