How to select a shape which has been label by a text object inside it

gaolugang

Hello,

I am a beginner for scripting in KLayout. I want to select some shapes in a layer "1:0" which I have marked using text label 'A'. So I want to select those 'A' shapes and copy them to a new layer "1:1". I tried to go through the API, but not successful.

Thanks,

Qum

Matthias

Hi Qum,

use the DRC feature for this purpose. Select all texts with "A" (see http://www.klayout.de/doc-qt4/about/drc_ref_layer.html#h2-1893) and use "interact" to select the original shapes with these labels.

For an introduction see http://www.klayout.de/doc-qt4/manual/drc.html.

Matthias

gaolugang

Hi Matthias,

Thanks for pointing me to the right direction. When I try to select text from a layer, I got the following error.

undefined method `texts` for #<DRC::DRCLayer:0x00000000099b0830> in MacroInterpreter::execute.

Matthias

Hi Qum,

what KLayout version are you using? "texts" is there since 0.25.x.

Matthias

gaolugang

Hi Mattias,

You are absolutely right that it's a version issue. I upgraded to 0.25.x and it works now.

Regards,

Qun