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Virtuoso Space-based Router Command Reference
Product Version IC23.1, September 2023

geom_scratch_layers_in_use

geom_scratch_layers_in_use 
-report_tiles [ true | false ] ] 

Description

Returns a list of scratch layers that are currently in use. Scratch layers can be used by all Boolean operations (geom_*) and the geom_add_shape.

Arguments

-report_tiles [ true | false ]

When true, reports the number of tiles (rectangles or octagons) for each scratch layer. A single rectilinear (non-rectangular) shape consists of more than one tile.

Default: false

Value Returned

i_scratchID

Tcl list of scratch layers in use, represented by positive non-zero integers.

Examples

The following example requests the list of scratch layers in use and shows the output to the Transcript area, indicating that scratch layers 6 and 3 are in use.

geom_scratch_layers_in_use
6 3

Related Topics

Create Commands

geom_add_shape

geom_and

geom_and_not

geom_extent

geom_size

geom_tiles_on_scratch_layer


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