skillbridge 1.7.2

Description:

skillbridge 1.7.2

Python-Skill Bridge


Prerequisites

Python 3.8 or higher[^1]
pip
IC 6.1.7 or ICADV/M or higher

[^1]: For Python 3.6 and Python 3.7 please install version 1.5.1 (pip install skillbridge==1.5.1)
Features

Run Virtuoso's Skill functions from Python
Automatically translate all Skill objects to Python
Automatically translate Python numbers, booleans, strings, lists and dictionaries to Skill
Retrieve Skill function documentation in Python
Convenient tab-completion (+ jupyter support)

object attributes
global function list
methods



Read more in the full documentation.
Installation
pip install skillbridge

Add the --user option if you don't want to install it systemwide.
Before you can use the Skill bridge you must generate the function definitions from
Virtuoso via the Skill console.

Type skillbridge path into your shell to acquire the correct PATH-TO-IPC-SERVER
Open Virtuoso
Type these commands into the Skill console

load("PATH-TO-IPC-SERVER")



After that you can also generate the static completion stub files. This is useful for code completion
in certain IDEs (e.g. PyCharm)

Type skillbridge generate into your shell.

Updating
In order to update the python package type this
pip install skillbridge --upgrade

Examples
Note: All these examples assume that the Skill server is running. You can
start it by typing the following command into the Skill console.
load("PATH-TO-IPC-SERVER")
pyStartServer

Connecting to the server
from skillbridge import Workspace

ws = Workspace.open()

Accessing the currently open edit cell view
cell_view = ws.ge.get_edit_cell_view()

Inspecting available properties
>>> dir(cell_view)
['DBUPerUU', 'any_inst_count', 'area_boundaries', 'assoc_text_displays', 'b_box', ...]

or type cell_view.<TAB> in jupyter/ipython
Reading properties
>>> print(cell_view.b_box)
[[0, 10], [2, 8]]

Call any SKILL function
>>> ws['plus'](3, 4)
7

equivalent to:
(plus 3 4)