Print a Cadence schematic to a file without square pins on theschematic

Hello,

i am trying to plot a schematic from Cadence's Schematic Editor. I've
added an eps printer in my .cdsplotinit and it prints nicely to a
file.

Nevertheless the big squares at each transistor pin doesn't look like
a professional schematic. So, does anyone know a way to get rid of the
ugly squares at each input/output pin and send it to a file?
I've searched the Options->Editor and Options->Display menu but didn't
found any option to turn the squares off.

I'am using Cadence IC5141.

Thanks in advance.
Lukas

 

The pins are on a layer called 'pin drawing' which you could switch to
invisible. Do that by making the 'pin drawing' layer 'valid' via the
LSW (Edit -> Set Valid Layers), it will appear in the LSW now where you can
switch it of with a middle mouse button click.


Regards,
Marc

 

Thanks SO MUCH for this tip! I had been wishing to do this very thing
from as far as I can remember...
Marc, you're the man!

 

Wow that really works. Thanks a lot Marc.

Although it seems like you need a techfile to make the device pins
invisible.
I did 'Desgin Synthesis -> Layout XL' which starts the Layout tool and
brings up the LSW window as well. When starting Layout I need to have
a techfile attached to my library. Since I used devices from the
analogLib i choose the analogLib techfile on library creation as well.
Is there another way to start the LSW window without the need of a
techfile? I just want to control the layers which are responsible to
draw the schematic not the layout itself? So it seems to me that
should work without starting Layout?

sorry for my late respone..

Lukas Perktold

 

I'll pack it into one line

car(setof( mylayer techGetTechFile(geGetEditCellView())~>layers
mylayer~>name=="pin"&&mylayer~>purpose=="drawing"))~>visible=nil

I am not a Skill expert, so there might be some flaws in this, but I am sure you
get the right idea about what to do.

(get the techfile of the open view, get the layer with "pin" "drawing" and
switch it to invisible)

Marc

 

I works beautifully! ...You people are way ahead!!!

Thanks,

Jorge.