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Virtuoso Layout Suite SKILL Reference
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

abeLayerFromShapes

abeLayerFromShapes(
l_shapeObj 
[ ?maskColor g_maskColor ] 

)
=> o_abeLayer / nil

Description

Creates an ABE layer with shapes from the given list.

Arguments

l_shapeObj

Lists the shape objects.

?maskColor g_maskColor

Copies only the shapes with the specified mask color. Valid values are: "grayColor", "mask1Color", "mask2Color", "mask3Color", and "mask4Color". The default is "grayColor".

Values Returned

o_abeLayer

ID for the new ABE layer with the copied shapes.

nil

The function was not successful because ABE is not initialized or there was an argument error.

Examples

Creates ABE layer a5 that contains the shapes in the selected set.

a5 = abeLayerFromShapes( geGetSelSet() )

Related Topics

abeLayerFromNet


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