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 box selection 

Last post Mon, Jan 7 2013 11:17 PM by nannasin28. 6 replies.
Started by smachha 24 Dec 2012 09:20 AM. Topic has 6 replies.
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  • Mon, Dec 24 2012 9:20 AM

    • smachha
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    box selection Reply

    Hi all,

    I am writing a script in tcl that take bbox co ordinates from the command line arguments.

    But i want  to improve it by adding a function in the script which prompts the user to click/drag the mouse.

    can some one help me which function in EDI does that.

     

    Thanks,

    Sunil 

     
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  • Mon, Dec 24 2012 10:26 AM

    • jgentry
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    Re: box selection Reply

    You want to use the 'uiSetTool defineArea' command:

    proc getCoords {} {
      Puts "Pick the coordinates from the GUI"
      uiSetTool defineArea printCoords
    }

    proc printCoords {x1 y1 x2 y2} {
      Puts "Coordinates are: $x1 $y1 $x2 $y2"
    } 
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  • Mon, Dec 24 2012 7:56 PM

    • smachha
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    Re: box selection Reply

    Thanks Jgentry,

    could you tell me in which doc/manual i can find "ui" commands.

     

    sunil. 
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  • Mon, Dec 24 2012 8:21 PM

    • jgentry
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    Re: box selection Reply
    Hmm, good question. I learned of most of the commands by looking in the 'gift' directory in the installation. 
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  • Tue, Dec 25 2012 10:22 PM

    • smachha
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    Re: box selection Reply

    Jgentry,

    I tried your code, it is giving the co ordinates, but i dont understand which fromat they are in.They are not matching with the actual co ordinbates the design window is showing.

    Can help me how to convert them to microns.

    also any references to uiSetTool. I see the manual page for the uiSetTool but could't find the defineArea <mode>.

     

    Thanks,

    sunil

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  • Tue, Dec 25 2012 10:48 PM

    • jgentry
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    Re: box selection Reply
    The coords are returned in 'dbu' or 'database units'. These are integer values which are essential when doing any kind of scripting, namely coord value comparison. Like all scripting languages, Tcl also suffers the same failings of floating point math (104.1 != 104.1, trust me). To convert, use the dbDBUToMicrons command on each coord. 
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  • Mon, Jan 7 2013 11:17 PM

    • nannasin28
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    Re: box selection Reply
    They are not matching with the actual co ordinbates the design window is showing.
    CR2032
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