Forum Post: RE: Construct Explorer Expression to evaluate Y over reduced X range
Matt, Use the clip function to return a waveform between two x points. Andrew.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: PG Text
In addition, it might give some useful clues if you do: _stacktrace=50 tracelength=50 and then you will hopefully get a stack trace in the CIW with more detail that might help debug the issue. Regards,...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Align for fluid guard rings
Hi Vallabha, You can do this already. First hit "F4" to turn on Partial Selection (can also be done via Options->Selection and changing the mode to "Partial"; note F4 again will toggle it back to...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to append a plot from a .csv file on to an already...
There's an issue if you have CSV files when you use ?formatFloat t (so set that to "off" on the form to avoid this). If you have formatFloat set to "on" (or t), then you need to remove the commas in...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Incisive vs Spectre XPS
This is comparing apples and oranges. Incisive is an event driven simulator which simulates gate level designs as logic; Spectre XPS is a FastSPICE simulator which simulates gate level designs at...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: PG Text
Hi Andrew, Quek, Thanks for your response. Doing some further debugging, it seems that this function does work when I use it in a 65nm TSCM tech file layout, but is not working when done using my much...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to create autocomplete text strings?
Hi Max, Thanks for your valuable suggestions, I'll definitely try it out. Why I want to implement this is, when I'm using layout or schematic editor to run a command each time I have change the...
View ArticleForum Post: Create Differential Pair grayed out in OrCAD Capture
I have a number of differential pairs in my design, which are created in Capture from Tools->Create Differential Pair . I was going to create another pair and noticed that the menu item is suddenly...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: PG Text
Hi Quantum Chip I think you may be right about the manufacturing grid. Assuming that the manufacturing grid for the MEMS techfile is 0.001, would you please execute the following in CIW and let us know...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Incisive vs Spectre XPS
I thought so, but I had to ask to be sure. Thank you Andrew.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Align for fluid guard rings
Hi Andrew, Thanks for your quick response. Yes, I wanted to partial select the fluid rings using quick align. After turning on Partial selection also it was not working. Now I turned on...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Wanted to learn Skill coding
Hi Leelaprasad, This is how i get started >>>search for algroskillTOC.html and sklangref.pdf inside the cadence folder in local drive. >>>Video from youtube>>...
View ArticleForum Post: 4 Layer Rigid 2 layer flex PCB
Hi I have a 4 layer (Top, Layer1, Layer2, Bottom) rigid board and the internal 2 layers(Layer1, Layer2) from this rigid pcb continue as flex PCB. I have to order a stencil for this board. I can...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Change print paper size
There are two mechanisms for finding the .cdsplotinit. The default is to look in the IC installation ( /tools/dfII/local/.cdsplotinit), the home dir and the working dir (I think it loads all of them)....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Optimization method in ADE_XL or ADE_GXL
Thank you Andrew for your very helpful answer, I will read the paper and the documentation about it
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Fluid Guard Ring metal connection
A picture of what you want might help - it's hard (for me at least) to understand what you're asking... Andrew.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Change print paper size
Running the command returns error cdswhich -lookupconfig .cdsplotinit ^ SYNTAX ERROR found at line 3 column 24 of file *ciwInPort* *Error* lineread/read: syntax error encountered in input
View ArticleForum Post: RE: libInit.il file
Hi, What I usually do if I want the libInit.il file to be loaded at start-up, is the following: techGetTechFile( ddGetObj( "alib" ) ) This will access the library and thus load the libInit.il file (as...
View ArticleForum Post: Control displayed libraries in ddHiCreateLibraryComboField
Hello, in this article on support.cadence.com is described how ddHiCreateLibraryComboField can be used. Is there a way how I can control the items, i.e. display only a subset of all libraries, in the...
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