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Display pads coordinates

piorog

Hey community!

I would like to display coordinates (and maybe some more useful information) about the padstacks used in the footprint (.dra file). I have managed to prepare the script that shows that information in the command window, but I would prefer to have it displayed in some more user friendly way (for example below the padstack, with the ability to toggle the visibility using some shortcut). Is there any way to achieve such thing? I would be very grateful for some similar examples, as I have no experience with making custom UI in Cadence.

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    defun( Piorog ()
    let((txtBlk, txtOrientation, txtHeight, layerName, text, yLoc)
    txtBlk = axlUIPrompt(lsprintf("Enter text block integer (between 1 and %d)", axlDBControl('maxTextBlock)))
    when(txtBlk && readstring(txtBlk) <= axlDBControl('maxTextBlock)
    foreach(side, '("TOP", "BOTTOM")
    txtOrientation = make_axlTextOrientation(?textBlock txtBlk, ?justify "center", ?mirrored side == "BOTTOM")
    txtHeight = axlGetParam(lsprintf("paramTextBlock:%s" txtBlk)) ->height
    sprintf(layerName, "BOARD GEOMETRY/PIN_INFO_%s", side)
    axlLayerCreateNonConductor(layerName)
    axlVisibleLayer(layerName, t)
    axlDeleteByLayer(layerName, 'fixed)
    foreach(symbol, setof(sym, axlDBGetDesign() ->symbols, if(side == "TOP" then !sym ->isMirrored else sym ->isMirrored))
    foreach(pin, symbol ->pins
    sprintf(text, "%L", pin ->xy)
    yLoc = lowerLeftY(pin ->bBox) - txtHeight
    axlDBCreateText(text, list(car(pin ->xy), yLoc), txtOrientation, layerName, symbol); Create the text and attach it to the symbol
    )
    )
    )
    axlVisibleUpdate(t)
    )
    ))

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    defun( Piorog ()
    let((txtBlk, txtOrientation, txtHeight, layerName, text, yLoc)
    txtBlk = axlUIPrompt(lsprintf("Enter text block integer (between 1 and %d)", axlDBControl('maxTextBlock)))
    when(txtBlk && readstring(txtBlk) <= axlDBControl('maxTextBlock)
    foreach(side, '("TOP", "BOTTOM")
    txtOrientation = make_axlTextOrientation(?textBlock txtBlk, ?justify "center", ?mirrored side == "BOTTOM")
    txtHeight = axlGetParam(lsprintf("paramTextBlock:%s" txtBlk)) ->height
    sprintf(layerName, "BOARD GEOMETRY/PIN_INFO_%s", side)
    axlLayerCreateNonConductor(layerName)
    axlVisibleLayer(layerName, t)
    axlDeleteByLayer(layerName, 'fixed)
    foreach(symbol, setof(sym, axlDBGetDesign() ->symbols, if(side == "TOP" then !sym ->isMirrored else sym ->isMirrored))
    foreach(pin, symbol ->pins
    sprintf(text, "%L", pin ->xy)
    yLoc = lowerLeftY(pin ->bBox) - txtHeight
    axlDBCreateText(text, list(car(pin ->xy), yLoc), txtOrientation, layerName, symbol); Create the text and attach it to the symbol
    )
    )
    )
    axlVisibleUpdate(t)
    )
    ))

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