Deleting / Adding subclasses in existing Artwork films

You need to go through each existing film and replace the outline layer with the designoutline+cutout.

If you call axlFilmCreate() with all the existing film parameters and the updated layer list then it will replace this film.

So something like this:

procedure(updateFilmTo172()
let( ( filmParam l_members res)
foreach(filmStr axlGetParam("artwork")->groupMembers
    filmParam = axlGetParam(strcat("artwork:" filmStr))
    when(filmParam->groupMembers
        ;make all upperCase
        l_members = mapcar('upperCase filmParam->groupMembers)
        ;check if OUTLINE is present
        if(member("BOARD GEOMETRY/OUTLINE"    l_members)
        then
            ;if so, remove it
            l_members = remove("BOARD GEOMETRY/OUTLINE"    l_members)
            ;add 2 new layers
            push( "BOARD GEOMETRY/DESIGN_OUTLINE"    l_members)
            push( "BOARD GEOMETRY/CUTOUT"            l_members)
            res = axlFilmCreate(
                    filmParam->name
                    ?negative                          filmParam->negative                
                    ?undefineLineWidth          filmParam->undefineLineWidth        
                    ?sequence                   filmParam->sequence                
                    ?rotation                   filmParam->rotation                
                    ?xOffset                    car(filmParam->offset)
                    ?yOffset                    cadr(filmParam->offset)    
                    ?shapeBoundingBox           filmParam->shapeBoundingBox        
                    ?mirrored                   filmParam->mirrored                
                    ?fullContact                filmParam->fullContact            
                    ?suppressUnconnectPads      filmParam->suppressUnconnectPads    
                    ?drawMissingPadApertures    filmParam->drawMissingPadApertures
                    ?useApertureRotation        filmParam->useApertureRotation    
                    ?suppressShapeFill          filmParam->suppressShapeFill        
                    ?vectorBasedPad             filmParam->vectorBasedPad        
                    ?drawHolesOnly              filmParam->drawHolesOnly            
                    ?layers                        l_members            
                    ?domains                    filmParam->domains                
                    ?ipc2581                    filmParam->ipc2581        
                )
            if(res
            then axlMsgPut('("Film %s \t: Updated" 1) filmParam->name)
            else axlMsgPut('("Film %s \t: Not updated!" 3) filmParam->name)
            )        
        else    
             axlMsgPut('("Film %s \t: No update needed." 1) filmParam->name)
        )
    )
)
);let
);procedure

You need to go through each existing film and replace the outline layer with the designoutline+cutout.

If you call axlFilmCreate() with all the existing film parameters and the updated layer list then it will replace this film.

So something like this:

procedure(updateFilmTo172()
let( ( filmParam l_members res)
foreach(filmStr axlGetParam("artwork")->groupMembers
    filmParam = axlGetParam(strcat("artwork:" filmStr))
    when(filmParam->groupMembers
        ;make all upperCase
        l_members = mapcar('upperCase filmParam->groupMembers)
        ;check if OUTLINE is present
        if(member("BOARD GEOMETRY/OUTLINE"    l_members)
        then
            ;if so, remove it
            l_members = remove("BOARD GEOMETRY/OUTLINE"    l_members)
            ;add 2 new layers
            push( "BOARD GEOMETRY/DESIGN_OUTLINE"    l_members)
            push( "BOARD GEOMETRY/CUTOUT"            l_members)
            res = axlFilmCreate(
                    filmParam->name
                    ?negative                          filmParam->negative                
                    ?undefineLineWidth          filmParam->undefineLineWidth        
                    ?sequence                   filmParam->sequence                
                    ?rotation                   filmParam->rotation                
                    ?xOffset                    car(filmParam->offset)
                    ?yOffset                    cadr(filmParam->offset)    
                    ?shapeBoundingBox           filmParam->shapeBoundingBox        
                    ?mirrored                   filmParam->mirrored                
                    ?fullContact                filmParam->fullContact            
                    ?suppressUnconnectPads      filmParam->suppressUnconnectPads    
                    ?drawMissingPadApertures    filmParam->drawMissingPadApertures
                    ?useApertureRotation        filmParam->useApertureRotation    
                    ?suppressShapeFill          filmParam->suppressShapeFill        
                    ?vectorBasedPad             filmParam->vectorBasedPad        
                    ?drawHolesOnly              filmParam->drawHolesOnly            
                    ?layers                        l_members            
                    ?domains                    filmParam->domains                
                    ?ipc2581                    filmParam->ipc2581        
                )
            if(res
            then axlMsgPut('("Film %s \t: Updated" 1) filmParam->name)
            else axlMsgPut('("Film %s \t: Not updated!" 3) filmParam->name)
            )        
        else    
             axlMsgPut('("Film %s \t: No update needed." 1) filmParam->name)
        )
    )
)
);let
);procedure

Thank you, very well written! 

Can someone post the skill file for this as. It would be super useful for me.

I was able to run this script as-is. 

Save the lines to a text file called "updateFilmTo172.il", and save it in your skill folder.

Open a board in PCB Editor, click in the command window, and type these lines:
skill
load "c:\\<path to skill file>\\updateFilmTo172.il"
updateFilmTo172
<click in the command window again>
exit

This should change all the film control layers to delete the outline layer, and add the design_outline and cutout layers.

Note that this does not actually change or move the board outline; this JUST changes the gerber outputs.

Seth

You can load a particular SKILL file by typing the following command at the Allegro PCB Editor command line:

     Command > skill load("skill_file_name.il")

If it is successfully loaded, the PCB Editor command line will report a "t" as the last entry. The SKILL file will only load if the file is present in the SKILL search path. To find the SKILL search path, you can type the following command on the command line:

     Command > skill getSkillPath()
More details you can refer to the following article:

How to load and use SKILL files in Allegro PCB Editor