Pcell, Label and orientation.

Hello !!

I have a small question...

With "[@instanceName]", i can display the name of my pcell.

Is there a command to extract the orientation of my pcell ? I would
like my labels to be easily readable if i rotate it...
Just to avoid stiff neck.

Thanks and regards,

b.

 

bu-bu wrote, on 08/08/08 03:00:

Pcells should never try to look up information about how they are instantiated,
except via the parameters that are passed in. There is a way of doing it, but it
will only lead to incorrect behaviour. In essence, the only thing that triggers
the pcell code to be evaluated is a change in the formal pcell parameters.
That means that the code for two instance which have the same parameters but
only differ in orientation will only get called once - so if you tried to
figure out the orientation of a label based on instantiation, it would simply
use whichever got instantiated first. Bit of luck, really, as to which that
would be - so it's a BAD idea.

Regards,

Andrew.

 

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for your answer ^^ Let's go for neck twisting!