Added two useful functions for RBA/pya CellView (context_trans, context_dtrans)

src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc

@@ -2188,6 +2188,22 @@ Class<lay::CellViewRef> decl_CellView ("lay", "CellView",
     "fashion, i.e. describing each instance in detail, not just by cell indexes. If "
     "the context and target cell are identical, the context path is empty."
   ) +
+  method ("context_trans", &lay::CellViewRef::context_trans,
+    "@brief Gets the accumulated transformation of the context path\n"
+    "This is the transformation applied to the target cell before it is shown in the context cell\n"
+    "Technically this is the product of all transformations over the context path.\n"
+    "See \\context_dtrans for a version delivering a micron-unit space transformation.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "This method has been introduced in version 0.27.3.\n"
+  ) +
+  method ("context_dtrans", &lay::CellViewRef::context_dtrans,
+    "@brief Gets the accumulated transformation of the context path in micron unit space\n"
+    "This is the transformation applied to the target cell before it is shown in the context cell\n"
+    "Technically this is the product of all transformations over the context path.\n"
+    "See \\context_trans for a version delivering an integer-unit space transformation.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "This method has been introduced in version 0.27.3.\n"
+  ) +
   event_ext ("on_technology_changed", &get_technology_changed_event,
     "@brief An event indicating that the technology has changed\n"
     "This event is triggered when the CellView is attached to a different technology.\n"

src/laybasic/laybasic/layCellView.cc

@@ -834,5 +834,15 @@ CellViewRef::context_trans () const
   }
 }
 
+db::DCplxTrans
+CellViewRef::context_dtrans () const
+{
+  if (is_valid ()) {
+    return mp_cv->context_dtrans ();
+  } else {
+    return db::DCplxTrans ();
+  }
+}
+
 }
 

src/laybasic/laybasic/layCellView.h

@@ -735,6 +735,11 @@ public:
    */
   db::ICplxTrans context_trans () const;
 
+  /**
+   *  @brief Retrive the accumulated transformation induced by the context part of the path in micron units
+   */
+  db::DCplxTrans context_dtrans() const;
+
 private:
   tl::weak_ptr<lay::CellView> mp_cv;
   tl::weak_ptr<lay::LayoutView> mp_view;

testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb

@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ class LAYLayoutView_TestClass < TestBase
     assert_equal(view.cellview(1).cell.name, "INV2")
     assert_equal(cv2.path.collect { |p| cv2.layout.cell(p).name }.join(","), "RINGO,INV2")
     assert_equal(cv2.context_path.collect { |p| p.to_s }.join(","), "")
+    assert_equal(cv2.context_trans.to_s, "r0 *1 0,0")
+    assert_equal(cv2.context_dtrans.to_s, "r0 *1 0,0")
 
     assert_equal(active_cellview_changed, 0)
     assert_equal(cellviews_changed, 0)
@@ -294,6 +296,8 @@ class LAYLayoutView_TestClass < TestBase
     cv2.context_path = sp
 
     assert_equal(cv2.context_path.collect { |p| p.inst.cell.name + ":" + p.specific_cplx_trans.to_s }.join(","), "TRANS:r0 *1 -400,0")
+    assert_equal(cv2.context_trans.to_s, "r0 *1 -400,0")
+    assert_equal(cv2.context_dtrans.to_s, "r0 *1 -0.4,0")
     assert_equal(cv2.cell_name, "TRANS")
     assert_equal(cv2.ctx_cell.name, "INV2")