tapType
layout tapType string { "layer" | "net" | "attribute" }
Description
Sets what information is obtained from tapping.
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layer. Default. The tap command sets the entry layer to the layer of the object on which you have tapped. -
net: The tap command captures the net names of rectangles, polygons and paths. -
attribute: The tap command captures the path net name, beginning and ending extension in user units, the path end type, and the path width, for trls, bends and tapers the tap command captures the bend factor (maximum width before they are chamfered), taper style (linear or exponential), number of points to taper in user units, the bend style (bend chamfer or radial), the width of a chamfered bend in a transmission line as a multiple of its standard width in user units, the number of segments in a radial bend in a transmission line as a function of the number of segments in a 180-degree radial bend, the radius of a radial bend in a transmission line as a multiple of the transmission-line width in user units, the width of the first end of a transmission line bend in user units, the width of the second end of a transmission line bend, and the width of the second end of a transmission line bend in user units.
Tapping of nets is only supported in the layout editor XL and GXL applications.
GUI Equivalent
Examples
envGetVal("layout" "tapType")
envSetVal("layout" "tapType" 'string "net")
envSetVal("layout" "tapType" 'string "attribute")
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