How to select instances in the active cellview by using Ruby ?

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• Matthias

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  Hi Marben,

  What do you mean by "select"?

  The "selection" inside the view is not something you can control through Ruby currently. You can read and clear the selection but not select certain objects.

  If you plan to manipulate those instances, Ruby is an option. In that case you could traverse the layout looking for those instances and code some manipulations inside your script.

  Another way to apply manipulations (for example, delete or replace such instances) without using Ruby scripts is the "Search and Replace" feature. See http://klayout.de/doc/manual/search_replace.html for details about that.

  Matthias
• marbenorallo

  February 2014 edited November -1

  Hi Matthias,
  Thanks for your reply .
  I mean by "select", just like pressing
  the left mouse button, then drag a rectangle
  around the instance, then the instance will be
  highlighted. Because if I want to find the location
  of all the instances "BGAP_SMALL_AMP" in the cellview,
  it is difficult to select or search them one by one .
  
  
  Best Regards,
  Marben
• Matthias

  February 2014 edited February 2014

  Hi Marben,

  well, that is the selection that is not accessible through Ruby - maybe it will in future versions, but I can't promise.

  You can manipulate objects though. But that depends on what you want to do with the selection.

  Matthias