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

leConvertInstToMosaic

leConvertInstToMosaic(
d_instId | ld_instId
[ mode { t | nil } ]
) 
=> ld_mosaicId / nil

Description

Converts one or more selected instances into one or more mosaics.

Arguments

d_instId

Database ID of the instance to be converted.

ld_instId

List of database IDs of the instances to be converted.

mode

Specifies whether the command creates a number of individual mosaics or a single mosaic. The default is t, which means that each of the instances specified is converted into an individual mosaic. When set to nil, the instances passed in are converted into a single mosaic provided they are placed in an appropriate matrix.

Value Returned

ld_mosaics

List of database IDs of the mosaics created.

nil

The conversion failed.

Examples

Converts inst1 into a mosaic:

leConvertInstToMosaic(inst1)

Converts inst1 and inst2 into two mosaics:

leConvertInstToMosaic(list(inst1, inst2))

Converts instances into a single mosaic:

leConvertInstToMosaic(list(instId1, instId2) nil)

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