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Using extracta to extract symbol properties in SKILL

AsbjornEdvalds

Hi, 

I want to extract symbol properties from the symbols used in the board, but from the library files. That is, I want to be able to verify that some properties have not changed in the library from the symbols in the board file. E.g., I have a 0805 resistor which has a "DFA_DEV_CLASS:smdr_res" and it might have changed in the library to "DFA_DEV_CLASS:smdr_small". Being able to report this would quickly make it possible to see if the symbol in the board needs to be refreshed, as doing a full refresh regularly of all components in a design is not a wanted behavior. 

I wanted to use the extracta function and ipcBeginProcess to do this bidding, but it seems that properties of symbols are not supported using extracta. Following is the relevant snippet of the code which I started writing:

extr_opt = axlDMOpenFile("ALLEGRO_TEXT", axlTempFile( t ), "w")
fprintf(extr_opt "BOARD\nDATE_MODIFIED\nDFA_DEV_CLASS\nEND\n")
fname = get_filename(extr_opt)
axlDMClose(extr_opt)

LibFile = axlDMFindFile("ALLEGRO_PACKAGE_DB" "0805" "r")
axlMsgPut("LibFile: %L" LibFile)

cid = ipcBeginProcess(lsprintf("extracta -s -q -k -r \\\"%s\\\" \\\"%s\\\" " LibFile fname))
ipcWait(cid 5 5)
result = ipcReadProcess(cid 20)
axlMsgPut("read: %L" result)

Is this something that is possible using SKILL?

I am using 17.4-2019 S035.

Thanks in advance!

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  • JuanCR
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    Hi AsbjornEdvalds

    I believe I understand what you want to do but I'm not clear about extracta not being able to access symbol properties ... If I launch the custom report UI I can see this: 

    Am I missing anything?

  • AsbjornEdvalds
    0 in reply to JuanCR

    Hi Juan, 

    Running the "reports" function within a .dra file will output the correct fields, but when trying to use the extracta command from the ipcBeginProcess using SKILL from within a .brd file, nothing is exported. I have tried other properties and none seem to work. 

    In my code above, I am inputting the following extract information into the extracta executable, which in turn does not return anything.

    BOARD

    DATE_MODIFIED

    DFA_DEV_CLASS

    END

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  • AsbjornEdvalds
    0 in reply to JuanCR

    Hi Juan, 

    Running the "reports" function within a .dra file will output the correct fields, but when trying to use the extracta command from the ipcBeginProcess using SKILL from within a .brd file, nothing is exported. I have tried other properties and none seem to work. 

    In my code above, I am inputting the following extract information into the extracta executable, which in turn does not return anything.

    BOARD

    DATE_MODIFIED

    DFA_DEV_CLASS

    END

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