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How reduce amount of zeros past comma, after using callback procedure.
Hello. I design my own library of elements and attach to each element file with callbackprocedure. In my process grid resolution is 0.05 mkm. And in procedure I check if the geometricalsizes lies in...
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Renaming pcells
Our foundry gave us a PDK library that contains pcells with very long names, all in capital letters. It becomes a very tedious task to instance these devices when designing. I tried renaming them in...
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How to detect "pcell eval failed" without instantiating a pcell?
Hi, I need to find pcells that have "pcell eval failed" errors in a library, without instantiating the pcells in virtuoso. Is there any variable or parameter that holds this pcell error status, so that...
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Search assistant context menu customizations
Is it possible in Cadence 6.1.5 to customize the Search Assistant context menu? For example, when a search turns up a Skill function as a result, it would be nice to be able to run it (assuming it can...
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Help on checking Spacing between two layers and probe it when space is less...
hi all, I need to checking Spacing between two same layers and probe it when space is less than minimum when iam on routing(After enterPath I need some code to verify any layer is in it's...
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How to use Cadence example in...
Hi, I have used PDK of XFAB (Germany Company) and Tower (Israeli Company).But recently in vlxhelp.pdf I have found an auto abutment capability in Layout XL. Unfortunately, neither XFAB Pcells nor Tower...
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mandatory keyed attribute
Hi , How to set a mandarory keyed attribute in procedure ? If I use "@key" before any attribute it automatically becomes an optional one. In some inbuilt form functions (like hiCreateAppForm ?name...
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Fluid Guardring Questions
After many, many months I am finally on a project using IC6.1.5! My first business was to try to figure out the answer to my question from a long time ago (Link is to post in this community)...
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Finding the area of a rectilinear layout block
Hi, I am new to this forum and i have started my career as a layout designer recently. Now i am trying to develop a code which gives me the area of a block irrespective of the pdk or technology used....
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Displaying a list in a dialog box
Hi, I'm building a SKILL utility that runs through the list of libraries in the library manager and displays all the library names that do not conform to a certain rule. I have the final list of...
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Get all other cells used in a given cell
Hello,Given a cell, I'm wondering if there's any easy way to programmatically get all other cells used in that cell's design.Code looks something like this:;;winId has type "window", as tested;;by...
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Custom Cellview: Callback some skill procedure when double click in Library...
Using Cadence Data and tool registry I have succefully created a custom cellview (say, viewX) and text editor tool is being used to edit or read it. Now I want little more customizations as follows:1....
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help on how to find the corresponding instance name
In Schematic composer, there have a bus named "<*2>AA<1>,AD<3:0>,AB<1:0>" and it connect to an instance array named XDEC<7:0> 's terminal A.Now, we can have an input...
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how to declare an array of unknown size
Hi,I am trying to implement a code where i came in need of an array which can increase the size of the array during the runtime. I mean the size of the array shall not be declared using the 'declare'...
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help - double click to end path - not working?
I used to end path/wire by just double clicking anywhere, now i need to double click at the center of the path to end it. if i want to end a path where the mouse isn't in the center, i have to hit...
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SpiceIn reference library list
I have trouble getting SpiceIn utility to properly read in my reference library list, somehow only the first library in my list is properly included. This is how I call the command: spiceIn -param...
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gets() command
I am trying to read in a file , one line at a time but without the return character. I am doing gets(s filename) and gets something like this "VDDA VSSA\n"I would like to get "VDDA VSSA", any ideas how...
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creating a schematic file from a netlist file
Hi,I am looking to create a skill program which could generate a schematic file from a given netlist file(present in text format).netlist will be more of digital gate instances connected together.Does...
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Trigger a custom function after loading an ADE cellview state
I am looking for a way to call a custom SKILL function after an ADE state view is loaded both in IC5141 and IC61, so that I can force some ADE settings even if they are setup differently in the state...
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Open Access Magnification problem
Hi, I'm currently migrating for cdb to oa and I face a problem. would appreciate it if I can get some help here. I have a set of labels(layout drawn in certain layer used for labelling purpose), which...
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