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Place database part in OrCAD with TCL?

Gelzone

I need to place a CIS part in a page automatically, and here is the steps:

The manual process:

Open a page ->

Right click "Place Database Part" ->

At the CIS Explorer ->

Use Query to find the target part (e.g. Property = Part Number & Compare = '=' & Value = PN)

And I have tried "PlacePart" command but failed (e.g. PlacePart 1.5 1.5 <olb_full_path> "" "" FALSE), it showed Failed. Reason: Invalid Path or Invalid Argument(s). .

  • TechnoBobby
    +1

    Hi  ,

    To automate placing a CIS part on a page, you can use the following TCL commands:

    CPartMgmt_sLaunchCISExplorer [GetActivePMDesign]
    # SetRelationalQuery 1
    # SetRelationalQuery 0
    CISAddSearchQuery "PART NUMBER" "=" "ECE-V1HA0R1R"

    CISExecuteQuery

    CISExplorerSelectOption 1 1 0
    CISExplorerSelectOption 1 1 1
    set lLocXY [GetLastMouseClickPointOnPage]
    # puts $lLocXY
    capMoveMouseAndClick [lindex $lLocXY 0] [lindex $lLocXY 1]

    Hope this helps!

  • Gelzone
    0 in reply to TechnoBobby

     

    Sorry for bothering, I found there's a issue when I do CPartMgmt_sLaunchCISExplorer [GetActivePMDesign].
    After I get into the CIS explorer, it shows a message:
    {title:"Library Caching Progress",
    content:"INFO(ORCIS-6477): Library and package indexing in progress. This might take some time"
    },

    under this situation, I can't access the parts show in the window (i.e. it marks the entire row with red). And I close the tab and open again, the issue disappear (I think it does something like reloading?)


    Have you met this kind of issue before? 

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