Forum Post: RE: How to save a list of Viva Windows as images?
Which Virtuoso subversion are you using (what does getVersion(t) return)? There have been some problems with timing with the saveGraphImage function... Regards, Andrew
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Simulation Log does not update (ADE L)
Niall, This sounds odd. I don't think I've seen this - can you contact customer support ? We probably need to take a look at your environment (maybe there's a wrapper in your environment that's messing...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to save a list of Viva Windows as images?
Hi Andrew, I'm getting: getVersion(t) "sub-version ICADV12.2-64b.500.1 " Meanwhile found a workaround looking like this but would get the first and last window number before I can start the tiny...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to save a list of Viva Windows as images?
The fix I'm thinking of is in IC617/ICADV122 ISR4 which is due for release tomorrow. I don't know of a way of getting the window number info for the private _vvSetCurrentWindow, sorry. I don't know for...
View ArticleForum Post: Speed up virtuoso layout editor
I get a laggy performance of the virtuoso layout editor. Especially when using sync. copy and clones. Are there any features that can be disabled to speed up the performance (running in virtuoso XL)?
View ArticleForum Post: Designers and Design Engineers: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Andy and Sue Critcher have been the lead designers at Total Board Solutions Limited, a UK-based design bureau, since its founding in 1998. I asked Andy to share his opinion about the friction between...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Clear silkscreen from pins in Allegro Package
Hi Dave, I got an example of your autosilk utils .il file but it doesnt appear to work on SPB16.6. I keep getting an error message Command> skill load...
View ArticleForum Post: Create Geometric wire
I have used geometric wire on virtuoso 5. to avoid grid drc errors when I want wires with 45 degree. But I couldn't find the menu Create->shape->Geometric wire on virtuoso 6.1.6. Do you have any...
View ArticleForum Post: Returning value from a function
Dear all, I have written the function below, which only checks if a given file exists or not, and I would like it to return the value stored into retValue. As far as I know, SKILL returns the value of...
View ArticleForum Post: Cannot plot Phase Noise following PSS (Harmonic Balance) + Pnoise
Hi, DFii version: IC6.1.7-64b.78 virtuoso -W: sub-version IC6.1.7-64b.78 spectre -W: sub-version 14.1.0.627.isr8 I cannot seem to plot Phase Noise from the Main Form if I run PSS Harmonic Balance +...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Create Geometric wire
Hi Jungyoon. You are correct. Create geometric wire doesn't exist anymore. The command is create->wiring-wire. This will create what you want. Colin
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Returning value from a function
It isn't being unbound after the if. It's being unbound after the let - you should have put the retValue inside the let. The general principle of many things in SKILL is that the return value is the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Cannot plot Phase Noise following PSS (Harmonic Balance) +...
Hi Niall, Your picture didn't upload - but I don't need to so it. This is a quirk as part of the major change in IC617 to ensure that phase noise really is phase noise. For many years when you've been...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Clear silkscreen from pins in Allegro Package
You need to use "/" in a path inside SKILL code. So try: load "D:/Cadence/SPB_16.6/tools/SKILL33.00/context/autosilkUtils.il"
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Returning value from a function
Thank you very much Andrew. Regards, José
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Cannot plot Phase Noise following PSS (Harmonic Balance) +...
Excellent thanks for the explanation Andrew..
View ArticleForum Post: cdb to oa conversion
Hey, I have a library in Cadence 5 and I need to convert it to Cadence 6. For this I do the following in the Command window (Orange window environment) in steps. Consider that my library is 'eva' is...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: cdb to oa conversion
Yes, in the destination directory you should have a cds.lib with all the reference libraries (e.g. technology libraries) that you need. Otherwise it can't find information about the technology. If you...
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