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Invalid CDF choice
I have been using some skill code where an instance (pcell) master is replaced with another pcell. The parameters are not the same, so I assumed all the cdf parameters are set to the default value of...
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How to use a custom netlist procedure (and OSSHNL-116 error)
Hello,I would like to ask some information on how to desing and use a custom netlist procedure.I have this scenarioA cell called mycell_1 (of library mylib) has a schematic view. In the schematic, I...
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Existence of Layermap Purpose
Hi everyone,Is there any way to check the ".layermap" file for the existence a specific layer purpose?My goal is to check if given an input layer eg. M0 to check if the purpose "drawing" exists within...
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Suppressing HDL Parser Warning and port mismatch warnings
Hello,I have a script that calls the SKILL functions vmsUpdateCellViews for every cell of a list of libraries.I want this to be automated, but calling this function for each cell produces a pop up...
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skill mode download?
I used to use an emacs skill mode which had some very useful features like il-query-localize-block-vars (I think I typed that right, auto-complete was my friend). Is this still available somewhere?...
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cdf Parameter access through OA scripting
Hello,I'm having issue accessing cdf parameter '?choices' field through OA scripting. When you create a cdf parameter through: cdfCreateParam(g_cdfDataId....[ ?choices l_choices ]....)Through skill I'm...
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vmsUpdateCellViews takes long time to finish
Hi everyone,I'm using the function vmsUpdateCellViews in a SKILL script which aims to update and generate files (netlist.oa, data.dm, etc.) for each cell for a functional view. The script is working...
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binding a layout to schematic and putting pins in the layout
Hello,I have a script which generates a layout transistor pattern.Then i needed to bind this layout to a schematic in order to have it XL happy.I searched in the older links here and i found these...
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Custom "Run Mode" in ADE XL
Hello,I'm trying to create a custom run mode where I can test different optimization algorithms (Other than the ones available with ADE XL). Ultimately I would like to add a run mode to the list of...
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Running SHELL scripts from Cadence Virtuoso
HI,Is there any way to run a SHELL or BASH script from the cadence CIW window?Please let me know
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reading a line w/o using an intermediate variable
Hello all. From what I could see, both gets and fscanf require a variable to receive the readout.I am interested if there is a native SKILL procedure that just outputs the read line, w/o using a...
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assign new functionality to libMgr
Hi all,I got a general question regarding libMgr.I've lately wrote a new tool, that has a skill GUI. the GUI set-up values is being saved as a text file in the design path, just in parallel to the...
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layout pin creation after binding the devices between schematic and layout
Hello,I bind between a schematic and its layout using the bndAddInstsBindingByName and lxSetConnRef. So i can select both the nets and the instances between the schematic and layout.How can i create...
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How to automatically run a user defined procedure after creating extracted view?
Hi AllI have written a piece of code, to create a table which holds the design version (controlled by a third party tool) of every sub-blocks through design hierarchy.One of the user case is to add...
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SKILL++: Changing += to apply for user-defined classes
Hello. I have a class, and I want to use += in order to apply the =+ inits' context. Kind of .= in PERL, or += for dynamic arrays in Ruby.I want, however, that the old =+ functionality for folat and...
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Plotting gm vs vgs with dc sweep
Hi,I am using cadence IC6.1.6 and trying to plot gm vs Vgs for a differential pair.I saw at other conversation that Andrew suggested to make a separate scs file and use the command "save M1:gm".If I do...
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How to get Min and Max parameter values for PCells?
Dear all,I have to create kind of "test generator" for PCells, for that reason I need to extract the min and max possible values for the parameters of a PCell. There is already the trend with the same...
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Skill command to create the cell view?
Hi everyone,Using skill i have successfully created a library. Now i want to create the cell view so that further and i can add instances to create the schematics. What is the command to create the...
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Question About hiSetCurrentField and IC6.1.7
Hi, I having an unexpected issue with the function hiSetCurrentField when we update from IC6.1.6 to IC6.1.7.In IC6.1.6 when I called hiSetCurrentField in a float field all the writable field became...
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Automatically add pcapacitor and its value from csv file to schematic using...
Hi AllI'm a novice skill coder and i require assistance in creating a script to automatically create a schematic representation of the extracted C netlist. I want to be able to use skill to...
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