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How Do I Pass a Variable from Script to Skill

MarkGorecki

Hello,

First, I'm using "Cadence Allegro Package Designer L" In a Windows environment.  I have a program that creates a script to run in Cadence.  One of the things I wanted to do is select a large group of vias and assign them all the same net.  One cannot do that using Logic > Assign net, so I found that if I select the vias, RMB pick "Assign net to vias" and select the net name from the list, it works manually.  However, it does not work when you do the same steps using a script.

Does someone know of a way to assign nets to a group of vias (currently they are all just dummy net) using a script?

If not, does anyone know how to pass a group of selected vias to a Skill program?  I was given a Skill program that will assign nets to vias.  I have no idea how to pass that info to the Skill program.

Thanks and best regards,

Mark

  • DavidJHutchins
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    If the vias are selected before you run the skill program you should be able to access them using:

    foreach(via axlGetSelSet()

      when((via->objType) == "via"

         ;;

      )

    )

  • MarkGorecki
    0 in reply to DavidJHutchins

    Hi David, Thanks for taking the time to respond and also for the info.  I think I may have a workaround with:

    axlSetFindFilter(?enabled (list "vias") ?onButtons (list   "vias" ))

    viaList = axlGetSelSet(axlSingleSelectBox( list(-62175.00:-38850.00 181525.00:38850.00)))

    and have the program select them.

    I'm new to Skill and just found where they're hiding all these axl commands :-)

    Best regards

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