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 Extract clines and vias from a board file 

Last post Mon, Dec 17 2012 5:39 AM by fxffxf. 2 replies.
Started by phughes 14 Dec 2012 06:20 AM. Topic has 2 replies.
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  • Fri, Dec 14 2012 6:20 AM

    • phughes
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    Extract clines and vias from a board file Reply

    Hello All,

    I am trying to extract the via and cline information for specific symbols on a board with SKILL. The problem I am seeing is that the parent of the traces keeps coming back as a branch rather then a symbol. What is the best way to identify the vias and traces that are part of a specific symbol

    Regards

    Peter Hughes

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  • Mon, Dec 17 2012 12:33 AM

    • D912349
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    Re: Extract clines and vias from a board file Reply

    Hello phughes,

     Try using axlDBGetConnect, it can give you list of elements connected to the given dbid.. then after getting the connected elements.

    You can now filter vias and clines from it..
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  • Mon, Dec 17 2012 5:39 AM

    • fxffxf
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    Re: Extract clines and vias from a board file Reply

    The cline dbid will have a symbol dbid assigned to the attribute 'symbolEtch if a cline is part of a symbol. If you have a cline dbid called "cline" then

         cline->symbolEtch

    is what you want to check.

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