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Is it possible to create hierarchically menus in IC6.1 ?
Hi,I found the example for a slider menu CCSbuildCustSliderMenuItem and I want to extend it. Is it possible to create a slider popup-menu inside of a slider popup-menu? I want to have a hierarchical...
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Can macros be lexically-bound?
When I try to defmacro within a let, I get a warning:*WARNING* (def): treated as top-level definition - localMacro and the macro is bound at the top-level. Is there any way to hide a macro definition?...
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How to identify dummy mos in layout
Hi All,I have lot of layouts which contains dummy mos devices but they are not added in schematics. I have to add them in schematic to get LVS clean. It is not generated with VXL. So connectivity is...
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Can we draw mutlipath different width and spacing at the same time?
Can we draw mutlipath different width and spacing at the same time?
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Related to QRC
Hi while running QRC, i am shooted with an error " Error :Invalid DSPF cell,TIELO layout BCD035_DIG_5V, has no pins"Please note I am using IC5141 version. BCD035_DIG_5V is a digital layout library.I...
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How can I check metal(or layer) density in a box
Hi All, Could you please let me know how to check metal density(or area) in a box using skill? Please share your thoughts. I am using ic616.Thank you,Chandaka
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Find a list of floating gates in schematic
Hi,I wonder if there is a skill code to find hierarchily a list of transistors which have its gate1) not connected to power/ground2) and not connected to other devices(transistors, R,L,C)I am using...
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write a dynamic skill Gui
Hi, I was wondering if its possible ( and if it is then how exactly) can I write a gui in skill,that its fields ( stringFeild) are not pre defined as we normally do, but depends on (say) the number of...
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prob signals from inside a block with Spectre
Hi All, Im attaching a short include file to my netlist: ITF0 (set_up_tf\<0\> hold_tf\<0\> setup_min_tf\<0\> hold_min_tf\<0\> I7.XI35\MM44:G vcca \I7.XI35\MM54:G vcca)...
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Naming contacts in Skill
I have a PMOS pcell designer using GUI. Then, I converted it into SKILL file. However, I would like to name the contacts as Source and Drain to do a routing later on. Could someone give me an example...
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standalone SKILL binary command line parsing weirdness
Check this out: create a SKILL script called myScript.il containing the following lines:#!/usr/bin/env skill -64 (println (argv 1)) Watch what happens when you try to pass arguments:tweeks@awesome>...
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Moving Layers Through Hierarchy
Hi,I am looking for a way to move some components through hiearchy in layout. For example, i have drawn some metal 1 path in the first level of hiearchy, and would like to 'pop' it out to the second...
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Why is Layout-LX grabbing a Schematic-XL license in IC6.1.5?
How do I prevent Layout-XL from grabbing a schematic-XL license? This started happenening recently after we deployed the latest version of PVS. Any ideas?
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Instantiate a device with terminal names (SKILL)
I have the following code to instantiate an nmos transistor in a schematic: ; Open the CV to createcvId=dbOpenCellViewByType("Test_Structures" "Rects1" "schematic" "schematic" "w") ; Open the master...
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How to creat pins of MOS transistor with fingers in pcell.
Hello. I have created MOS transistor pcell using ROD. But I have detected drawback. When number of fingers more than one, router doesn't connect drains or sources and in VXL I must connect pin of other...
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How to use VSR-autoroute by commandline? Need to use in script!
Hi,I'm using VSR (IC615) Pin to Trunk (P2T) routing for the chip level module integration and it works fine. Now, instead of running P2T manually, I would like to script it out and run at chip level...
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About View Level Functions
hey guys!! I was exploring the skill user manual, and i came across "View Level Functions". I would be thankful to anyone who could elaborate1. What these functions do.2. how they can be useful.I was...
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Modify ADE Toolbar buttons
Hi,Is it possible to modify the ADE toolbars in virtuoso 6.1 ?There is a directory located at 06.15.511/share/cdssetup/dfII/toolbars/byApplication" which gives the templates for the toolbars for all of...
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Copy and Rename of a Pin in Symbol
Hi,Can someone help me with the skill commands to copy and rename a pin.Problem Def: I need to add a new pin in all my symbols. The symbol view can have different pin shapes (round, square, hexagon etc...
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skill ruby interface for openaccess
Hi,I am asking for the best method to approach this problem. I would like to execute skill commands on a Cadence database in a unix shell command line. Ideally i would not want to worry if the ICFB...
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