Community PCB Design & IC Packaging (Allegro X) Allegro X Scripting - TCL DRC from TCL

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DRC from TCL

ggeorgg

Dear community, 

is it possible to directly run a design rule check via TCL?

I have found the procedure "OrHandlerDRCConfig::capRunDRCConfigData", but it does not create the drc file when calling 

for example like this:

set pStrClientId "hostedClientId"
set pStrDRCConfigDataJson [::OrEntryDRCConfig::capGetDefaultDRCConfigData $pStrClientId]
OrHandlerDRCConfig::capRunDRCConfigData $pStrDRCConfigDataJson
The return value is just "3". Possible that the "pStrDRCConfigDataJson" variable is just wrong. Did someone already do this? It shall be part of a fully non-interactive script to help developers speed up when they think the design is ready to be "compiled". Currently I just open the DRC Widget with "Menu 'PCB::Design Rules Check"  ', but using this procedure, the script become interactive.
Thanks
BR
Georg
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    Go to Options >Extended Preferences > Command Shell > Enable Journaling

    After this is done, any task done in Capture will result in the corresponding TCL command to be printed in the Capture TCL window.

    You can save these commands and rerun these any number of times. For example, to run a DRC the command is:

    ​Menu "Tools::Design Rules Check" | DialogBox  "OK" "C:/Users/bforsse/AppData/Local/Temp/CAPTURELOG/Wed_Mar_08_10_52_08_2017/Design Rules Options_1.xml"

    Save the xml file that is created (for example, F:/temp/drc/ Design Rules Options_1.xml).

    Run the DRC command by typing it in the Capture Tcl window as follows:

    Menu "Tools::Design Rules Check" | DialogBox  "OK" <xml file path>

    Example:

    Menu "Tools::Design Rules Check" | DialogBox  "OK" “F:/temp/drc/ Design Rules Options_1.xml”).

    Hope this helps!

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    Go to Options >Extended Preferences > Command Shell > Enable Journaling

    After this is done, any task done in Capture will result in the corresponding TCL command to be printed in the Capture TCL window.

    You can save these commands and rerun these any number of times. For example, to run a DRC the command is:

    ​Menu "Tools::Design Rules Check" | DialogBox  "OK" "C:/Users/bforsse/AppData/Local/Temp/CAPTURELOG/Wed_Mar_08_10_52_08_2017/Design Rules Options_1.xml"

    Save the xml file that is created (for example, F:/temp/drc/ Design Rules Options_1.xml).

    Run the DRC command by typing it in the Capture Tcl window as follows:

    Menu "Tools::Design Rules Check" | DialogBox  "OK" <xml file path>

    Example:

    Menu "Tools::Design Rules Check" | DialogBox  "OK" “F:/temp/drc/ Design Rules Options_1.xml”).

    Hope this helps!

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