TCL update all part status via TCL

HI Georg,

Please try the below tcl command for update All Part:

#open the Par Manager

MenuCommand "14604" 

Menu "Tools::Update All Part Status" 

#close Part Manager

MenuCommand "57927"

Hope this helps!

Hi!

This only helps partially. Using your code I still have issues. 

1. If a part is not up to date, Capture asks if the part should be updated. This could be automized by passing the xml file, but the xml file can not automatically be generated as I don't know the new properties values which are needed to create the xml file. 

2. If a user already opened the part manager once before and the view to a group or subgroup, then Capture performs the "Update All Part Status" operation on this group or subgroup. So I would need to make sure the "Core" / first line in the part manager is selected. Afterwards an additional step would be needed: Cycle all groups/subgroups, find the linked parts and update those as well because they do not get updated by the first "Update All Part Status operation"

In the end I think it would be better to avoid doing the Part Manager Update via the "Menu" commands. I would prefer to do this based on "real" TCL code. Is this even possible with the current API Cadence provides?

Hi!

This only helps partially. Using your code I still have issues. 

1. If a part is not up to date, Capture asks if the part should be updated. This could be automized by passing the xml file, but the xml file can not automatically be generated as I don't know the new properties values which are needed to create the xml file. 

2. If a user already opened the part manager once before and the view to a group or subgroup, then Capture performs the "Update All Part Status" operation on this group or subgroup. So I would need to make sure the "Core" / first line in the part manager is selected. Afterwards an additional step would be needed: Cycle all groups/subgroups, find the linked parts and update those as well because they do not get updated by the first "Update All Part Status operation"

In the end I think it would be better to avoid doing the Part Manager Update via the "Menu" commands. I would prefer to do this based on "real" TCL code. Is this even possible with the current API Cadence provides?

Hi George,

You can use below tcl api :

Open Part Manager and type "CPartMgmt_UpdateAllPartStatus" in the capture command console.

second Select the design and type below command:

Menu "Tools::Part Manager::Update"

Please note : Window will pop up asking for manual input. There is some internal APIs(not exposed) which do comparison of the Schematic Part and DB Part properties.

Hope this helps!

Ok. Then I think there is currently no solution provided by cadence to automize this task. Nevertheless, thanks for your reply.

Thank you for your answer. I have encountered a similar issue as well. With the method you provided, I am able to batch update the component status of all dsn files in a folder. However, I am now facing a new problem and I am not sure how to solve it using tcl commands:

Firstly, when the component status of a dsn file is updated, a pop-up window named "Update Part - Instance", will appear asking if you want to replace the old content with the new content. And I have to manually click "yes all" every time there is an update.

Secondly, the dsn files is not saved after updating the dsn file. And I have to manually click "Save documents".

My question is, can I use a tcl script to automatically update and save the dsn files without having to manually click on the pop-up window and save button in the capture software interface?

Thank you very much!