Use of the SKILL Operator ~> with FigGroups

You can use the SKILL Operator ~> to query the design for FigGroups. Here are some examples.

To check if the specified instance or database ID is in the FigGroup, use the following command:

fg = inst~>figGroup

If the output is not nil, it means that the specified instance or database ID already exists in the FigGroup.

To check the type of the FigGroup, use the following command:

fg~>type

Valid values for this command are "syncClone", "modgen", or "none".

Use the following command to check what the FigGroup contains. For example, you might want to check whether it contains instances, or only shapes.

fg~>members

Suppose the FigGroup contains instances, you can further query based on your requirements in the following way:

insts = setof(x fg~>members x~>objType == "inst")

Supported functions include: