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

leRegClusterBdyEstimator

leRegClusterBdyEstimator( 
t_displayName 
t_functionName 
) 
=> t / nil

Description

Registers the name of the estimator which will appear in the cyclic field of the Area Estimator field in the Create Cluster Boundary form in the Floorplanning tool, and the function the software will invoke when you click the Estimate button on the form.

Arguments

t_displayName

Name that appears in the Area Estimator field in the Create Cluster Boundary form in Layout XL.

t_functionName

Name of the function that is run when you click Estimate on the form.

Value Returned

t

Returns t if the area estimator is successfully registered.

nil

Returns nil if the area estimator is not successfully registered.

Example

Registers estimateFunc as the name which appears in the cyclic field of the Area Estimator field in the Create Cluster Boundary form in the Floorplanning tool, and calls the function name the software will invoke when you click the Estimate button on the form (in this example, myEstimatorFunc).

leRegClusterBdyEstimator("estimateFunc" "myEstimatorFunc")


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