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How do I copy line from component assembly_top layer to another layer?

ryamashita

I am writing some Skill code to copy the RefDes and lines from all of the symbols in a .brd file to another layer.  The code works to copy the RefDes but it doesn't work to copy the lines.  I am able to convert the lines to a polygon but that isn't what I want, I want to keep the lines as lines.  Below is the code that I wrote.  Note I have comments around the code that doesn't work and also the alternate code that seems to work but isn't what I want.  Can anyone help me to figure out what commands I need to copy the lines to another layer?  

(defun temp ()
; disable the Fixed property testing
axlDBIgnoreFixed(t)

; Get list of all components in design
symList=axlDBGetDesign()->symbols

; Go through all the symbols in symList
foreach(cursymbol symList
symchildren=cursymbol->children
; Get a list of all of the children properties of the symbol
symchildren=cursymbol->children
foreach(curChild symchildren
when(curChild->objType=="text" && curChild->layer=="REF DES/ASSEMBLY_TOP"
; Create a copy of the text
copiedtext=axlCopyObject(curChild ?angle 0)
; Move copied text to the "MANUFACTURING/DNI Components Top" layer
axlChangeLayer(copiedtext "MANUFACTURING/DNI Components Top")
)
when(curChild->objType=="path" && curChild->layer=="PACKAGE GEOMETRY/ASSEMBLY_TOP"
; ******** Code that doesn't work **********
; Create a copy of the text
copiedline=axlCopyObject(curChild ?angle 0)
; Move copied line to the "MANUFACTURING/DNI Components Top" layer
axlChangeLayer(copiedline "MANUFACTURING/DNI Components Top")
; ******** Code that doesn't work **********

; ******** Alternate code - Works but not what I want **********
; Create r_path
tempPath=axlDB2Path(curChild)
; Create polygon from r_path
tempPoly=car(axlPolyFromDB(tempPath))
; Create shape from the polygon
axlDBCreateShape(tempPoly, t, "MANUFACTURING/DNI Components Top")
; ******** End Alternate code - Works but not what I want **********
)
)
)
; Reenable the Fixed property testing
axlDBIgnoreFixed(nil)
)

  • SandeepVarrier
    0

    Copy and rotate an object about its origin 0 degrees
    r = axlCopyObject(dbid, ?angle 0)

    where ldbid = list of database objects
    dbid = one database object

  • ryamashita
    0 in reply to SandeepVarrier

    Thanks for the reply, it made me go back and double check what was happening on my design.  In my code that I labeled as doesn't work I had used axlCopyObject and thought it wasn't working because I didn't see the lines show up on the right layer.  After rerunning my code I checked and it seems like the axlCopyObject command did work but the problem is that the axlChangeLayer command didn't work.  I use the same sequence, axlCopyObject and then axlChangeLayer for the refdes text and that works fine but I don't know why it doesn't seem to work for the lines.

  • ryamashita
    0 in reply to ryamashita

    In the algroskill.pdf document I found under the description of axlChangeLayer a reference to using axlDebug(t) to turn on additional messages which then gave me the message "(SPMHGE-522): Changing line to a different class is not supported." when I tried to use the axlChangeLayer command on Lines.  Apparently you can change text to a different class but not lines.  This limitation seems odd because using the GUI command "Edit\Change" you are allowed to change a line from one layer to another layer in a different class.

  • DavidJHutchins
    +1

    replace the following:

    axlDBCreateShape(tempPoly, t, "MANUFACTURING/DNI Components Top")

    with:

    axlDBCreatePath(tempPath "MANUFACTURING/DNI Components Top" )

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