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Virtuoso Schematic Editor SKILL Functions Reference
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

schInstToView 

schInstToView( 
d_inst 
t_viewTo 
t_fromFunc 
t_toFunc 
)
=> t / nil

Description

Generates a cellview type from an instance of a symbol.

The instance master and the destination view must have the same library and cell name.

See the your_install_dir/tools/dfII/samples/local/schConfig.il file for the schViewMasters list of translation functions and documentation for creating your own translation functions.

Arguments

d_inst

Instance ID from a schematic to use as the source for the translation.

t_viewTo

Name of the destination view; must be enclosed in quotation marks.

t_fromFunc

Name of the SKILL procedure to translate from the instance master to the pin list intermediate format; must be enclosed in quotation marks.

t_toFunc

Name of the SKILL procedure to translate from the pin list intermediate format to the destination view; must be enclosed in quotation marks.

Value Returned

t

Generated a cellview type from an instance of a symbol.

nil

Cellview type generation was unsuccessful.

Examples

Generates a Verilog HDL shell from the specified instance.

schInstToView( inst "functional" "schSymbolToPinList" "schPinListToVerilog" )

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