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Great support Andrew! Thank you very much. Pedro
View ArticleForum Post: Advanced Boolean Engine: Is it safe for Pcells?
ABE functions cannot be used in SKILL code for creating Pcells. --Virtuoso Layout Suite SKILL Reference , Chapter 18 When you create SKILL routines within Pcells, use only the following functions: The...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: ncsim: *E,CLNAIA: Cannot call system tasks/functions while...
Thank you very much! It worked as expected. Al
View ArticleForum Post: RE: clock tree synthesis
I'm using the old CTS. What I found in the manual related to the "Macro delay" is this command: Macromodel pin lefPinName maxRiseDelay minRiseDelay maxFallDelay minFallDelay inputCap please confirm if...
View ArticleForum Post: Virtuoso Analog Distributed Processing options default
Hello, I would like to set a default (skill commands in .cdsinit?) on the Analog Distributed Processing form: 1. "reuse job name after completion" 2. "remove data before job submission" 3. "command" OR...
View ArticleForum Post: prboundary display issues
Hello, I have some skill code that sets the visibility of selected sets of layers. Here's an example: procedure(OnlyC4() leSetEntryLayer(`("C4" "drawing")) leSetAllLayerVisible(nil) ShowC4(t) ) The...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: prboundary display issues
Rob, This appears to be a palette synchronisation issue. It's intended that changing the display of the prBoundary/boundary LPP affects the prBoundary object as well. If you control the visibility of...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Advanced Boolean Engine: Is it safe for Pcells?
From IC617 ISR9 (due to CCR 1511269) these functions were made available for use in PCells (i.e. they're in the right libraries/executables now). It's just that not all the documentation has caught up...
View ArticleForum Post: Drill file not lining up properly with gerbers
Hello, I'm experiencing the output from Cadence Gerber and drill files not properly aligning to the pads. An example is below. I've changed the Excellon output format to be the exact same (2.5) for the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: importing P/G pins into Encounter with .def file
How do you use the following syntax in the DEF in the SPECIALNETS section as a pin. What does the syntax mean? + LAYER m0 WIDTH 22 SPACING 18
View ArticleForum Post: Inserting a PIN definition in the SPECIALNETS section instead of...
Inserting a PIN definition in the SPECIALNETS section instead of the PINS section. Here is a sample syntax that I tried in the SPECIALNETS section, but got nowhere. SPECIALNETS 2 ; ... + LAYER m0 WIDTH...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Drill file not lining up properly with gerbers
I recently encountered this -- somehow I had entered an "offset" in the artwork box when I intended to change undefined line width instead. This shifted the artwork 5 mils (in my case) on the layers...
View ArticleForum Post: tcl Orcad 17.2 : RuntimeError Command Requires SchematicView
I'm using Orcad 17.2 and I'm trying set a bunch of part properties to be visible (VALUE_ONLY) or not (DO_NOT_DISPLAY). I have a function that works for a single selected part instance. I'd like it to...
View ArticleForum Post: Stability analysis of PLL
I am designing a PLL and I want to plot the frequency response of it. I have chosen to plot it using STB analysis in cadence. So what I have done is I did break the feedback loop from frequency divider...
View ArticleForum Post: Edit Netlist
Hi, I'm drawing an PBC (my second board) and I already made the routing in Orcad PCB designer. I need to add a new component in the circuit and edit the netlist. Is possible to import a new netlist...
View ArticleForum Post: Exclude one clock from clock tree synthesis
Hello all, My digital system uses a multiphase clock. Each phase is defined as a independent clock. I have four phases defined in my .sdc file: CK1 CK2 CK3 and CK4. These 4 phases are generated with a...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Encounter does not switch SDC between setup and hold STA
Thanks for your reply. I used reportTiming and it seems the SDCs are correct. Moreover, I tried with set_analysis_view -setup {setup_125c_NOuncert} -hold {setup_125c_NOuncert} and the results with...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Encounter does not switch SDC between setup and hold STA
Hello, I haven't found your problem. I source a .tcl file with a set of commands like the following (example before the CTS): setAnalysisMode -analysisType bcwc -checkType setup -skew true...
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