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Display project pulse version in SYSCAP title block and in pcb editor.

RJ202412171240

Hi,

I am using Allegro X 24.1; System Capture, PCB Editor and are saving both schematic project and layout in Pulse.

I want to display which pulse commit I am looking at on my schematic title block - I have been doing this in other software that has revision handling and it is very practical both during actual design work and when sharing and discussing projects to know which version are currently shown.

It seems like it should be a simple enough variable to fetch from the system with something like $PulseVersion or similar.

I have done my own workaround by creating my own custom variable called PulseVersion and then run this TCL "script":

modifyCustomVar -name "PULSEVERSION" -type "Project Defined" -value "[dict get [dict get [pulse::getVersionDetails] Attributes] displayRevision]"

It will return current pulse version like "1.0" or "4.2" or "1.33.7" depending on your current commit version.

But its a manual step that in my opinion should be automatically updated when commiting. Has anyone found a better way?

I would love to have a similar solution in pcb editor also, but have not even managed to do a manual workaround in there yet :/

Best Regards

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  • CadAP
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    In Allegro System Capture, you can utilize the following TCL command to register an action, such as displaying the project version when the user opens it:

    cps::registerCommand

    In the PCB editor, you can use the following SKILL command to achieve this functionality:

    axlPulseGetRevision

    I hope this addresses your concern.

  • RJ202412171240
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    Hello and thank you for the reply, but I don't think my question was fully understood.

    System capture:

    cps::registerCommand - thanks for this tip.
    It doesn't solve the problem in an elegant way but might be the best workaround possible?

    It will modify the design every time its opened and that isn't really what i want. But might be good enough for now.

    PCB Editor:

    The command axlPulseGetRevision does not retreive pulse revision for me, it tries to open the specified pulse project.
    This is also how the command are specified in the product manual:

    axlPulseGetRevision

     
    axlPulseGetRevision(t_revisionString)
    ⇒ t/nil

    Description

    This function retrieves and opens the design with the given revision from the Pulse database.

    I would like to retrieve the current pulse revision as a variable in text like "1.3"

    Best regards.

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  • RJ202412171240
    0 in reply to CadAP

    Hello and thank you for the reply, but I don't think my question was fully understood.

    System capture:

    cps::registerCommand - thanks for this tip.
    It doesn't solve the problem in an elegant way but might be the best workaround possible?

    It will modify the design every time its opened and that isn't really what i want. But might be good enough for now.

    PCB Editor:

    The command axlPulseGetRevision does not retreive pulse revision for me, it tries to open the specified pulse project.
    This is also how the command are specified in the product manual:

    axlPulseGetRevision

     
    axlPulseGetRevision(t_revisionString)
    ⇒ t/nil

    Description

    This function retrieves and opens the design with the given revision from the Pulse database.

    I would like to retrieve the current pulse revision as a variable in text like "1.3"

    Best regards.

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