Area/Room information

fohnbit over 8 years ago

Hello,

is it possible to draw a rectangle with a given name?

And all parts, which are inside this rectangle, I need in ULP.

Example:

I draw HDMI and LAN connections with Eagle. The parts should be placed in "rooms". In the example "1.012 and 1.023.

Now i need in ULP for each part the "room" name.

EXT-1 is in room 1.012 (for example)

So how can I draw areas/rectangles/... which I can check via ULP, which parts are inside?

Have someone an idea?

Thank you!

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rachaelp over 8 years ago in reply to fohnbit +1

Look at UL_INSTANCE. You should be able to loop through all the instances of parts to find all the x/y positions and assign them to rooms.
fohnbit over 8 years ago in reply to rachaelp +1

Thanks, it works!

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rachaelp over 8 years ago

How about using modules?

You could create a module for a room type. Then identical rooms could be instantiations of the same module, different rooms would be a different module. All rooms would have have all their instances prefixed with the module ID. You could then use this information in your ULP somehow to extract the information you need with the desired structure.

Best Regards,

Rachael
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fohnbit over 8 years ago in reply to rachaelp

Hello,

yes, I thinking also about modules ... but it seems the module show no preview in the main Schematic?
I need one big view with all components for overview.

Or is it possible, that a module show the parts?
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rachaelp over 8 years ago in reply to fohnbit

You are right, it wont show the contents of each module....

Ok, how are your bounding boxes drawn? Nets with a long dash line style and a thick width? If so how about you give them net names to match the rooms then use the ULP to get the X and Y bounding extents of each room and then compare the X and Y location of each component in the room with those extents to work out which room they are in?

Best Regards,

Rachael
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fohnbit over 8 years ago in reply to rachaelp

Hello,

yes, I guess this will be the best option.

But can´t find the "Position" values in ULP.

With UL_DEVICE I have area ... but not a position of the part
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fohnbit over 8 years ago in reply to rachaelp

Hello,

yes, I guess this will be the best option.

But can´t find the "Position" values in ULP.

With UL_DEVICE I have area ... but not a position of the part
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rachaelp over 8 years ago in reply to fohnbit

Look at UL_INSTANCE. You should be able to loop through all the instances of parts to find all the x/y positions and assign them to rooms.
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fohnbit over 8 years ago in reply to rachaelp

Thanks, it works!
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