Controlling fillet parameters at site level

I do this but as part of my design setup utility - not in a trigger function.

I'm not entirely surprised that using a trigger for this doesn't work as trigger functions have several restrictions. 

This is a snippet of the code I use:

p = axlGetParam("fillet")
if(p then
defaults = '(nil)
defaults ->dynamic = t
defaults ->curved = nil; Curved should only be used for flex circuit filleting purposes - not for hole breakouts.
defaults ->allowDRC = t

...

axlSetParam(p)

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply and the code.

How do you deal with "non-conformant" users? It appears the user needs to launch your function? I wanted a solution that would force itself onto all users and affect all users at my site.

Hi Evan,

My release process has an auto-generated check sheet. I check for such things (and report them) at that time. In the case of critical problems users are restricted from releasing outputs.

In your case I would persevere with the trigger function. I too use it quite heavily but haven't experienced the problem described.

Dave

I just tested setting fillet parameters in my open trigger and it works fine. Here's what I used:

p = axlGetParam("fillet")
if(p then
defaults = '(nil)
defaults ->dynamic = t
defaults ->curved = nil; Curved should only be used for flex circuit filleting purposes - not for hole breakouts.
defaults ->allowDRC = t
defaults ->round = t
defaults ->sizeRound = list(axlMKSConvert(2.5 "mm"), axlMKSConvert(2.54 "mm")); min, preferred
defaults ->pin = defaults ->via = t
defaults ->viaDesiredAngle = defaults ->pinDesiredAngle = 90
defaults ->viaMaxAngle = defaults ->pinMaxAngle = 90
defaults ->viaMaxOffset = defaults ->pinMaxOffset = list(axlMKSConvert(0.6 "mm"), axlMKSConvert(0.635 "mm")); min, preferred
defaults ->viaMinLineWidth = defaults ->pinMinLineWidth = 0.0
defaults ->viaMaxLineWidth = defaults ->pinMaxLineWidth = list(axlMKSConvert(0.19 "mm"), axlMKSConvert(0.2 "mm")); min, preferred
p ->dynamic = axlUIYesNo("Do you want to set fillets to be dynamic and re-create all fillets now?")
p ->curved = defaults ->curved
p ->allowDRC = defaults ->allowDRC
p ->round = defaults ->round
p ->sizeRound = cadr(defaults ->sizeRound)
p ->pin = defaults ->pin
p ->via = defaults ->via
p ->viaDesiredAngle = defaults ->viaDesiredAngle
p ->pinDesiredAngle = defaults ->pinDesiredAngle
p ->viaMaxAngle = defaults ->viaMaxAngle
p ->pinMaxAngle = defaults ->pinMaxAngle
p ->viaMaxOffset = cadr(defaults ->viaMaxOffset)
p ->pinMaxOffset = cadr(defaults ->pinMaxOffset)
p ->viaMinLineWidth = defaults ->viaMinLineWidth
p ->pinMinLineWidth = defaults ->pinMinLineWidth
p ->viaMaxLineWidth = cadr(defaults ->viaMaxLineWidth)
p ->pinMaxLineWidth = cadr(defaults ->pinMaxLineWidth)
axlSetParam(p)
)

I only used the defaults variable to enable easier checking of the values that were set.

Thanks Dave!

I was going to post my final update before leaving for the day. Here's what I've got (with bogus test values), which also works:

procedure(qscOpenTrig(t_open)
let((filletParams)
filletParams = axlGetParam("fillet")

when(filletParams
filletParams->dynamic = nil
filletParams->taperAngle = 77
filletParams->tMaxAngle = 69
axlSetParam(filletParams)
;axlSaveDesign()
)
)
)

axlTriggerSet('open 'qscOpenTrig) ; trigger when Allegro is opened

It seems my issue was expecting a pair of arguments to be passed to the function, when in fact there's only a single one (t_open).

I get a crash when adding axlSaveDesign() (it's commented out now), but that shouldn't be too hard to fix tomorrow.

Finally, there's a noticeable delay from running axlSetParam(), but I assume there's no way around that since the DB is being updated.