phoGetConnectorAnchors

phoGetConnectorAnchors(
dbInstID
)
=> list( l_anchorStartDescription l_anchorEndDescription))

Description

(Virtuoso Photonics Option) Reads the supported optical nets connected to the instance terminals of an instance to return the information about the start and end anchor points for an associated connector waveguide. A connector waveguide has exactly two directed optical ports.

Arguments

Value Returned

 list( anchorLPP

               anchorXY

               angle

               width

               radius

             )

Example

Gets a database pointer to a connector waveguide instance selected in the layout canvas.

instId = car(geGetSelSet())

Gets the anchor information for the selected connector instance.

phoGetConnectorAnchors(instId)

((("waveguide" "drawing") 

 (-44.534 12.882) 0.0 0.5 nil

    ) 

    (("waveguide" "drawing") 

 (95.568 7.032) 0.0 0.5 nil

    )

)

Related Topics

Photonics Flow Functions