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loading skill codes

masamasa
masamasa 4 days ago

hello

 

is there a way to automatically load all skill codes from the skill folder when opening a design file?

 

typing skill load("XXXX.il") in the command line is somewhat annoying.

 

regards

masa

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  • excellon1
    +1 excellon1 4 days ago

    Hi Masa,

    In addition to what Steve mentioned. Here is what I use. Might be helpful.

    In your pcbenv folder you need a file called allegro.ilinit.

    This file gets loaded when Allegro starts up.

    The file is basically a text file. Inside this file I have the following.

    setSkillPath(buildString(append1(getSkillPath() "C:/Allegro-Skill-Files" )))
      foreach(dir getSkillPath()
        when(isDir(dir)
               foreach(file rexMatchList("\\.il$" getDirFiles(dir))
            when(
               printf("Loading Skill file: %s\n" file)
               load(file)
          )
        )
      )
    )

    My skill folder path is C:/Allegro-Skill-Files, you could change that path to suit your needs.

    Best regards

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  • excellon1
    +1 excellon1 4 days ago

    Hi Masa,

    In addition to what Steve mentioned. Here is what I use. Might be helpful.

    In your pcbenv folder you need a file called allegro.ilinit.

    This file gets loaded when Allegro starts up.

    The file is basically a text file. Inside this file I have the following.

    setSkillPath(buildString(append1(getSkillPath() "C:/Allegro-Skill-Files" )))
      foreach(dir getSkillPath()
        when(isDir(dir)
               foreach(file rexMatchList("\\.il$" getDirFiles(dir))
            when(
               printf("Loading Skill file: %s\n" file)
               load(file)
          )
        )
      )
    )

    My skill folder path is C:/Allegro-Skill-Files, you could change that path to suit your needs.

    Best regards

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