DBID of overlapping components

Hi

It depends on what you mean by overlapping components, is it 2 place bounds overlapping, pins overlapping or what define if they are overlapping?

You could setup drc checks for this and run through the DRCs.

Best regards

Ole

Our library components have shapes on "PCKAGE GEOMETRY/DFA_BOUND_(TOP,BOTTOM)"
so I think I would need to find those components which shapes on this layer are overlapping (can touch but cannot go one on the another).

Hi

DFA constraints in Allegro are built for this exact purpose and you can even specify spacing between dfa bounds on different component classes.

You can enable and set this up within Setup->Constraints->DFA Constraint Spreadsheet

After you've set this up online DRC checking will be performed and you will get a DRC error immediately.

I once did a movie about this which can be seen on YouTube at https://youtu.be/tyiPnsQqx7Q (it is in Danish but you should get the idea from watching it)

Will this work for you or do you have another reason for wanting to do this using SKILL?

Best regards

Ole

I know this tool but not sure how to use it to achieve my goal.

The reason I need to find this DBID from inside SKILL is for automatic documentation creation for Production Facility.

What I need to do is:
1) find DBID of overlapping components
2) create layer with surrounding lines arround this 2 or more overlaping components

Second part I have almost done and it is working well, but I am giving DBIDs manualy, so just need to find somehow this DBIDs

Hi

notice that dbid's are not static!

you could walk over all dfa bounds and do math to find out if they overlap

l = axlDBGetDesign()->symbols
foreach(lid l
refdes = lid->refdes ; get the reference designator
foreach(cid lid->children
when(lowerCase(cid->layer) == "package geometry/place_bound_top"
; here you have a single geometry and needs to check it against other geometries

)
)
)

I would however use DFA as stated above and then run over all DRCs to find the objects (components) causing the issue and then create the rectangle

Best regards

Ole

Hi

notice that dbid's are not static!

you could walk over all dfa bounds and do math to find out if they overlap

l = axlDBGetDesign()->symbols
foreach(lid l
refdes = lid->refdes ; get the reference designator
foreach(cid lid->children
when(lowerCase(cid->layer) == "package geometry/place_bound_top"
; here you have a single geometry and needs to check it against other geometries

)
)
)

I would however use DFA as stated above and then run over all DRCs to find the objects (components) causing the issue and then create the rectangle

Best regards

Ole