techGetDeviceCellView

techGetDeviceCellView(
d_techID
t_deviceName 
t_viewName
)
=> d_cellViewID / nil 

Description

Loads the supermaster cellview of the specified device into virtual memory and returns the associated database identifier. The cellview opens in read mode. You can close the cellview with dbClose, as defined in Virtuoso Studio Design Environment SKILL Reference. The cellview must be defined as a device in the specified technology database. ASCII technology file location: devices section.

For more information about the devices section, see Technology File Devices in Virtuoso Technology Data ASCII Files Reference.

Arguments

d_techID	The database identifier of the technology database.
t_deviceName	The name of the device.
t_viewName	The view name of the device.

Value Returned

d_cellViewID	The database identifier of the supermaster of the device.
nil	The technology database does not exist or the cellview is not defined in the technology database.

Example

techGetDeviceCellView(tfID "NMOS1" "layout")
=> db:20953132

Opens the layout view of the NMOS1 cell and returns the database identifier 20953132.

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