virtuoso mouse coordinates

[Guenther Sohler]

Hallo Group,


Just a stupid question -

If I define a binkey + function in virtuoso layout editor -
is there function to get the current coordinates of the "mouse-cursor"
rectangle ?
is it possible to set, and/or fix it by script ?

rds

 

[Guenther Sohler]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:17:51 +0100, Guenther Sohler wrote:

Hallo Group,


Just a stupid question -

If I define a binkey + function in virtuoso layout editor -
is there function to get the current coordinates of the "mouse-cursor"
rectangle ?
is it possible to set, and/or fix it by script ?

rds

my intent is to implement some functions which help me realizing
distances by typing in numbers instead of zooming (to get the start and
end point) and using the ruler to find the actual distance.

rds

 

[Andrew Beckett]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:40:49 +0100, Guenther Sohler <guenther.sohler@wipro.com>
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:17:51 +0100, Guenther Sohler wrote:

Hallo Group,


Just a stupid question -

If I define a binkey + function in virtuoso layout editor -
is there function to get the current coordinates of the "mouse-cursor"
rectangle ?
is it possible to set, and/or fix it by script ?

rds

my intent is to implement some functions which help me realizing
distances by typing in numbers instead of zooming (to get the start and
end point) and using the ruler to find the actual distance.

rds

I'm a little confused, since the first time you said that you want to get
the coordinates of the cursor, and then you want to type in numbers?

You can use enter functions for this - for example, enterPoint(), enterBox()
etc which allow callbacks on point entry, done etc. With these you can
also type in the coordinates in the CIW (type Xvalue:Yvalue in the CIW).

Alternatively you can use hiGetCommandPoint() or hiGetPoint() to retrieve
the current location.

Regards,

Andrew.
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Andrew Beckett
Principal European Technology Leader
Cadence Design Systems, UK.