Display design variables values in Wavescan plots

When you set AWD as the default waveviewer then there is an option in
the Results->plotting options that allow to plot variables. Then they
show up as a blob of text that you can move around on th plot, or
create another subwindow and put them there.....
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That's it Svenn! that's the option I recalled to exist in AWD! Does
anybody know if this can be replicated in Wavescan (even if it means
to use skill code or the like)?

....In the worst case I guess could go back to using AWD, but how can I
choose which wave viewer Virtuoso uses to draw the graphs? Also, can
this be done "on-the-fly" and changed as needed during a Virtuoso
session without restarting it?

Once again, thanks in advance for any ideas!

Regards,

Jorge.
 
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spectrallypure

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Hi all!
I remember it was more or less straightforward to add (i.e. overlay as
as text) all the design variables and their values to a plot in the
old AWD waveform tool in virtuoso. I remember it could be done with a
couple of mouse clicks. However, so far I haven't been able to find a
way to do it in Wavescan. Could somebody please tell if there is some
simple way of doing this in Wavescan, or if I absolutely need to use
code for this (and if so, which kind of code and how)? Examples would
be greatly appreciated :)

Thanks so much for any ideas.
Regards,

Jorge.
 
Nobody?....Come on, guys; I am sure this is piece of cake for most of
you (I, on the other hand, am rather new to Wavescan)...

Once again thanks for any ideas.
 
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:21:41 -0700, spectrallypure <jorgelagos@gmail.com> wrote:

Nobody?....Come on, guys; I am sure this is piece of cake for most of
you (I, on the other hand, am rather new to Wavescan)...

Once again thanks for any ideas.
Click to expand...
Well, I don't recall there being any simple way of doing this with AWD either,
but I guess you could add a label which is a calculator expression - using the
VAR function to lookup the value of a specific design variable?

You should be able to do that both in wavescan and AWD.

Regards,

Andrew.
--
Andrew Beckett
Senior Solution Architect
Cadence Design Systems, UK.
 
On Nov 2, 7:12 am, Andrew Beckett <andr...@DcEaLdEeTnEcTe.HcIoSm>
wrote:
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:21:41 -0700, spectrallypure <jorgela...@gmail.com> wrote:
Nobody?....Come on, guys; I am sure this is piece of cake for most of
you (I, on the other hand, am rather new to Wavescan)...

Once again thanks for any ideas.

Well, I don't recall there being any simple way of doing this with AWD either,
but I guess you could add a label which is a calculator expression - using the
VAR function to lookup the value of a specific design variable?

You should be able to do that both in wavescan and AWD.
Click to expand...
When you set AWD as the default waveviewer then there is an option in
the Results->plotting options that allow to plot variables. Then they
show up as a blob of text that you can move around on th plot, or
create another subwindow and put them there.....

AWD rulez ...
--
Svenn
 
On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:31:49 -0800, spectrallypure <jorgelagos@gmail.com> wrote:

When you set AWD as the default waveviewer then there is an option in
the Results->plotting options that allow to plot variables. Then they
show up as a blob of text that you can move around on th plot, or
create another subwindow and put them there.....

That's it Svenn! that's the option I recalled to exist in AWD! Does
anybody know if this can be replicated in Wavescan (even if it means
to use skill code or the like)?

...In the worst case I guess could go back to using AWD, but how can I
choose which wave viewer Virtuoso uses to draw the graphs? Also, can
this be done "on-the-fly" and changed as needed during a Virtuoso
session without restarting it?

Once again, thanks in advance for any ideas!

Regards,

Jorge.
Click to expand...
I'd forgotten that option was there.

However... this works for wavescan too. The option being talked about
is an ADE option (under Results->Printing/Plotting Options), and affects
anything plotted which is in the outputs pane of the ADE window.

So it seems that AWD and wavescan have the same functionality here.

You can switch back and forth on the fly (Session->Options - you can change
the waveform tool), but there's absolutely no need to go back to AWD to
do this, as I've said.

I'd certainly urge everyone to give wavescan a chance - I'd recommend you
use a recent IC5141 ISR though, as there have been a number of fixes over
the life of IC5141 which have massively improved wavescan over what it
was originally. Given that AWD is no longer there in future releases, and
I'd say that wavescan was significantly more capable (and faster) than AWD,
there's very little reason to continue using AWD other than familiarity.

Regards,

Andrew.
--
Andrew Beckett
Senior Solution Architect
Cadence Design Systems, UK.
 
On Nov 15, 9:47 am, Andrew Beckett <andr...@DcEaLdEeTnEcTe.HcIoSm>
wrote:

I'd certainly urge everyone to give wavescan a chance - I'd recommend you
use a recent IC5141 ISR though, as there have been a number of fixes over
the life of IC5141 which have massively improved wavescan over what it
was originally. Given that AWD is no longer there in future releases, and
I'd say that wavescan was significantly more capable (and faster) than AWD,
there's very little reason to continue using AWD other than familiarity.
Click to expand...
Don't forget to run killall java from time to time (watch out if you
have a hierarchy editor or other non-cadece java running) to get rid
of some of those forgotten java processes that wavescan leaves. Your
milage may vary, but when colleagues complain about slow machines I
usually recomend this.

I will really miss AWD and hope as many AWD users as possible will
stand up and make their voice heard :)
--
Svenn
 
Oops!! You're totally right, Andrew. It's in fact an ADE option, and
using the same procedure the variables get overlaid to the Wavescan
plots as well. Sorry for not trying this before.

Regards,

Jorge.
 
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