Selecting objects based on their layer

Mark
I'll assume you have a grounding in programming in a high level OOP language so I'll just put some pseudocode here for you.
Basically your routine could be something like:

a = axlDBGetDesign()
an = a -> nets ;"an" now contains a list of all net objects in the db
foreach net in an
iterate n times, x = nth(n an) -> branches ; and x is now a list of the nets branches
foreach branch in x
iterate n times, y = nth(n x) -> children ; and y is now a liost of that branches children
foreach child in y
iterate n times, z = nth(n y)
if z -> objType == "path"
&& if z -> layer == "ETCH/L02"
then
zs = z -> segments
and then
se = zs -> startEnd

and so on
There are very likely more efficient ways to do the same thing and an experienced Skill programmer would find them. But in a pinch all you need to know is the basic db structure and use some simple loops to match the stuff you want.

Good luck...
Ashcan

See which is an example of selecting all shapes on ROUTE_KEEPOUT/ALL but can be easily
modified to select all CLINES on one or more layers.

Thanks, I'm your basic old LiSP programmer for AutoCAD.  I'm teaching myself SKILL to help automate in the Cadence tool now as well.

I appreciate the help, thanks again.
Mark

Hi fxf,
I'm not sure where you're pointing me to.  Could you be more specific as to the code you're talking about.  I really appreciate all this help.

Thanks,
Mark

Apparently this message board doesn't like brackets (one of its many problems).

Code examples is @: {cdsroot}/share/pcb/examples/skill/axlcore/ashpoly.il

which is an example of selecting all shapes on ROUTE_KEEPOUT/ALL but can be easily
modified to select all CLINES on one or more layers.