Create Path Command

Does anyone know how to capture the termination coordinates of the
Create Path Command(end of the center line of the path)?

I can capture X coordinate for termination point for a horizontal wire
by using hiGetpoint(hiGetCurrentWindow()) and the Y coordinate for a
vertical command, but the Y for the horizontal and X for the vertical
is the cursor not the middle line of the path and that is what I need.

Any help will be greatly appreciated as this is the last thing for my
script to do what I wish.

Thank you in advance,
Eric Fitzsimmons
IC Layout Designer

 

One way to do that would be this sneaky one, hopefully someone knows a
less sneaky way:
Get a list of all shapes in the cellview, draw the path, get a list of
all New shapes in the cellview, if there's only 1, assume it's your
path.
Check the points of that shape, the last one should be the terminal
point.

;get the original shape list
s = deGetCellView~>shapes
leHiCreatePath()
; get a list of all shapes that weren't in the original shape list
s = setof(shape deGetCellView~>shapes !member(shape s))
if(length(s) == 1 then
terminalPoint = car(last(car(s)~>points))
else terminalPoint = nil
)

 

Perhaps the return value for your command is the database ID for the
path. Could you then look at the path attributes, I believe it has a
set of points, and the beginning or last pair of points may be your
final coordinate?

 

I am new to cadence skill, left the Intel mother ship 9 months ago
after the Nehalem(i7 processor) tapeout. Can you expain further, how
do I find and manipulate the database ID path and attributes.

Thank you for any and all help.
Eric

 

This would work, I am hesitant to use it. The code is for a manual
router, to automate the width and via transitions and bind the code to
keys. I have everything I need except the endpoint of the wire. If
I use your trick, it maybe slow on big databases.

I really appreciate your efforts.

Any idea if I can get the coordinated from mouseApplyOrFinishPoint()
that I am using to finish a path?

Thank you and Happy holidays!
Eric