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RE: How to unload a skill script from CIW window?

There is (to my knowledge) no Cadence-supplied means to unload/undo the arbitrary effects of a load("some/file.il"), but you can always load the default bindkeys:...

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RE: How to unload a skill script from CIW window?

Tom, you're right. There's no such thing as an "unload" command. Perhaps Leo could explain precisely what he's expecting to be undone by this mythical unload command? Andrew.

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RE: dbGetTrueOverlaps - abutting layers

Thank you for responding my question. Alright. It's hard to explain it but let me try with this diagram again. The pink and skyblue shapes are all CB layer and they are abutted each other but separated...

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Whiteboard Wednesday - Introduction to ADAS  with a Real-Life Example

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Marc Greenberg, walks us through a typical ADAS system architecture and then provides a real-life testimonial on the value of these systems....

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RE: Convert Digital Bus to an Integer value - Calculator Viva

Hi Faisal, I had a few minutes on a plane yesterday (I know how to have fun!), so I threw this together. It needs the code from this post too (I made life easier for myself by reusing some of that...

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RE: Merging the list of lists

Hi Andrew, Max Thanks for the reply. the codes are working fine.

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why in ADE XL monte carlo simulation, the default number of runs is set as 200 ?

Can anyone explain how the number of runs influence the results?

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RE: How to unload a skill script from CIW window?

Andrew, I want to use my bindkeys by loading my bindkey.il script in CIW window. But after loading, i want to undo all the changed made by my bindkey.il script to the default(ie. i want to unload the...

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RE: How to unload a skill script from CIW window?

Yes, That's what, they should have an option to "Revert to defaults". Also, not only bindkeys, there should be some way to unload our script if we have loaded our script earlier in CIW. I am afraid...

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Undefined function ipcBeginProcess error during XStream Out

Dear all, I have created a PCell whose callbacks invokes functions from the ipc family. During the instantiation there are no errors or evaluation fails, but when I try to run Xstream Out the following...

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RE: How to unload a skill script from CIW window?

I've never heard of this being an "important thing" for anyone (nor for me either, given that I've been writing SKILL code both as a customer and working for Cadence for > 27 years). As I asked...

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RE: Undefined function ipcBeginProcess error during XStream Out

Hi Chris, sh(), system, and csh() should be possible as these are available in core SKILL. ipcBeginProcess is not a legal function to use in a pcell (this is documented in the PCell documentation as...

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RE: Do the new Rigid-Flex features of 17.2 version of PCB Editor require a...

Hello Mike, The problem is related to the MENUPATH environment variable. As I had 2 versions of SPB installed in my machine (16.6 and 17.2), it was probably pointing to a folder where it was reading an...

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RE: Undefined function ipcBeginProcess error during XStream Out

Hello Andrew, Thank you for your response. I tried them out but the result of the execution is displayed in terminal instead of CIW. Is there a way to redirect the result messages into the Skill flow...

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RE: dbGetTrueOverlaps - abutting layers

You didn't explain what the region of the rectangular area provided to the dbGetTrueOverlaps was. For me, if I provide the bBox of the pink area, it finds the blue shape too. If I provide a smaller...

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Movie Theater Sound in Your Phone

Dolby Atmos is immersive sound. As Dolby puts it: Dolby transports you into the story with moving audio that flows all around you with breathtaking realism Well, there is some level of colorful...

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RE: Differential Pair Routing Disabled

I'm having the same problem. Did you ever figure this out?

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RE: dbGetTrueOverlaps - abutting layers

I'm sorry. I will try to ask precise questions later. But I got an hint from your reply. Thank you so much. :) I provided VSS pin coordinates on dbGetTrueOverlaps only for getting the CB shape. That's...

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RE: why in ADE XL monte carlo simulation, the default number of runs is set...

The default number is completely arbitrary. The number of samples you need rather depends on what you're trying to achieve. It's just controlling the number of samples you have in your experiment;...

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What's For Breakfast? Video Preview June 25th to 29th 2018

https://youtu.be/-fwwmFE6yUs Coming from Automotiv Elektronik Kongress (camera Robert Schweiger) Monday: Embargoed Tuesday: DAC day 1 Wednesday: DAC day 2 Thursday: DAC day 3 Friday: Embargoed...

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