Gilda,

Thanks very much. It is working now.

-Nav

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Gilda <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nav
>
> The PS issue has been fixed and below is the patch for PostScript.java
> around line 897
>
>                    // combine all features of port text with color of
> the port
>                    TextDescriptor descript =
> portPoly.getTextDescriptor();
>                    if (descript == null)
>                        descript =
> TextDescriptor.TextType.EXPORT.getFactoryTextDescriptor();
>                    TextDescriptor portDescript = pp.getTextDescriptor
> (Export.EXPORT_NAME).withColorIndex(descript.getColorIndex());
>                    Poly.Type type = descript.getPos().getPolyType();
>                    portPoly.setStyle(type);
>                    String portName = pp.getName();
>
> Gilda
>
> On Jan 28, 12:18 pm, navaneeth jamadagni
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Talking about bugs, I also noticed that in Electric 8.10, exporting the
> > schematics as postscript doesn't work. I get NullPointerException. It
> used
> > to work in Electric 8.09. Here is the log file output:
> >
> > Menu Activated: File | Export | PostScript...
> > --------------- 2804 --------------
> >   Thu Jan 28 12:16:44 PST 2010
> > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > at
> >
> com.sun.electric.tool.io.output.PostScript.showCellPorts(PostScript.java:903)
> > at
> >
> com.sun.electric.tool.io.output.PostScript.recurseCircuitLevel(PostScript.java:756)
> > at
> >
> com.sun.electric.tool.io.output.PostScript.scanCircuit(PostScript.java:646)
> > at
> >
> com.sun.electric.tool.io.output.PostScript.writeCellToFile(PostScript.java:248)
> > at
> com.sun.electric.tool.io.output.PostScript.access$100(PostScript.java:68)
> > at
> >
> com.sun.electric.tool.io.output.PostScript$PostScriptPreferences.doOutput(PostScript.java:198)
> > at
> >
> com.sun.electric.tool.io.output.Output$OutputCellInfo.doIt(Output.java:190)
> > at com.sun.electric.tool.EThread.run(EThread.java:121)
> >
> > -Nav
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Steven Rubin <
> [email protected]>wrote:
> >
> > > At 04:52 PM 1/27/2010, you wrote:
> >
> > >> I'm using Electric 8.10 on Snow Leopard 10.6.2 with Java version
> > >> 1.6.0_17.
> >
> > >> I do the following in Electric
> >
> > >> 1. Edit -> Technology Specific -> Convert Technology to Library for
> > >> Editing for mocmos
> > >> 2. Then I click on technology nodes and select say node-Metal-1-N-
> > >> Active-Con{lay}.
> > >> 3. Then I go Edit -> Technology Specific ->  Identify Primitive layers
> > >> or Identify Ports
> >
> > >> I get "Analysis Failure:
> >
> > >> Cell node-Metal-1-N-Active-Con{lay}, node filled-box[...@3]: Node has
> > >> no layer information
> >
> > >> However, this series of steps work OK in Electric 8.09 and show the
> > >> various layers that are present (they're highlighted with white
> > >> lines). I believe this is a bug in 8.10.
> >
> > >> Hopefully this can be fixed or a patch can be made available?
> >
> > > The simple patch is to replace the method "getLayerCell()" in the
> module:
> > >       com.sun.electric.tool.user.tecEdit.Manipulate.java
> >
> > > The code should be:
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > static Cell getLayerCell(NodeInst ni)
> > > {
> > >   Variable var = ni.getVar(Info.LAYER_KEY);
> > >   if (var == null) return null;
> > >   CellId cID = (CellId)var.getObject();
> > >   Cell clientCell = EDatabase.clientDatabase().getCell(cID);
> > >   Cell cell = EDatabase.serverDatabase().getCell(cID);
> > >   if (clientCell != null || cell != null)
> > >   {
> > >      // validate the reference
> > >      for(Iterator<Cell> it = ni.getParent().getLibrary().getCells();
> > > it.hasNext(); )
> > >      {
> > >         Cell oCell = it.next();
> > >         if (oCell == cell || oCell == clientCell) return oCell;
> > >      }
> > >   }
> > >   System.out.println("Layer " + cID.cellName + " not found");
> > >   return null;
> > > }
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > However, your bug report uncovers other problems in that same module.
>  To
> > > fix these other problems, make these patches:
> >
> > > In the "doIt()" method of the RedoLayerGraphicsJob subclass, change the
> > > lines:
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > Variable varLay = cNi.getVar(Info.LAYER_KEY);
> > > if (varLay == null) continue;
> > > CellId cID = (CellId)varLay.getObject();
> > > Cell varCell = EDatabase.serverDatabase().getCell(cID);
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > to be:
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > Cell varCell = getLayerCell(cNi);
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > In the "deletedCell()" method, change the lines:
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > Variable var = ni.getVar(Info.LAYER_KEY);
> > > if (var == null) continue;
> > > CellId cID = (CellId)var.getObject();
> > > Cell varCell = EDatabase.serverDatabase().getCell(cID);
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > to be:
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > Cell varCell = getLayerCell(ni);
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > And in the "modPort()" method, change the line:
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > connectSet.add(EDatabase.serverDatabase().getCell(connects[i]));
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > to be:
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > connectSet.add(EDatabase.clientDatabase().getCell(connects[i]));
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > Sorry for the complexity.  If you wish to have a new copy of the entire
> > > module, let me know and I will send it to you.
> >
> > >   -Steven Rubin
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