Merge pull request #877 from KLayout/drc-extent-of-cells

Implemented extent(cell_filter) for DRC, added Layout#cells with name…

src/db/db/dbOriginalLayerRegion.cc

@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ OriginalLayerRegion::init ()
 void
 OriginalLayerRegion::insert_into (Layout *layout, db::cell_index_type into_cell, unsigned int into_layer) const
 {
+  //  explicitly update the layout if the source is equal to the target
+  //  (needed because we lock the layout below and no update would happen)
+  if (layout == m_iter.layout ()) {
+    layout->update ();
+  }
+
   db::Shapes &sh = layout->cell (into_cell).shapes (into_layer);
 
   //  NOTE: if the source (r) is from the same layout than the shapes live in, we better

src/db/db/gsiDeclDbLayout.cc

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "dbCellMapping.h"
 #include "dbTechnology.h"
 #include "tlStream.h"
+#include "tlGlobPattern.h"
 
 namespace gsi
 {
@@ -708,6 +709,22 @@ static db::Cell *cell_from_name (db::Layout *ly, const std::string &name)
   }
 }
 
+static std::vector<db::Cell *> cells_from_name (db::Layout *layout, const std::string &filter)
+{
+  tl::GlobPattern gp (filter);
+
+  std::vector<db::Cell *> result;
+  db::Layout::top_down_iterator td = layout->begin_top_down ();
+  while (td != layout->end_top_down ()) {
+    if (gp.match (layout->cell_name (*td))) {
+      result.push_back (&layout->cell (*td));
+    }
+    ++td;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 static std::vector<db::Cell *> top_cells (db::Layout *layout)
 {
   std::vector<db::Cell *> tc;
@@ -1488,6 +1505,14 @@ Class<db::Layout> decl_Layout ("db", "Layout",
     "\n"
     "@return The number of cells (the maximum cell index)\n"
   ) +
+  gsi::method_ext ("cells", &cells_from_name, gsi::arg ("name_filter"),
+    "@brief Gets the cell objects for a given name filter\n"
+    "\n"
+    "@param name_filter The cell name filter (glob pattern)\n"
+    "@return A list of \\Cell object of the cells matching the pattern\n"
+    "\n"
+    "This method has been introduced in version 0.27.3.\n"
+  ) +
   gsi::method_ext ("cell", &cell_from_name, gsi::arg ("name"),
     "@brief Gets a cell object from the cell name\n"
     "\n"

src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_engine.rb

@@ -1484,13 +1484,14 @@ module DRC
     
     # %DRC%
     # @name extent 
-    # @brief Creates a new layer with the bounding box of the default source
+    # @brief Creates a new layer with the bounding box of the default source or cell bounding boxes
     # @synopsis extent
+    # @synopsis extent(cell_filter)
     # See \Source#extent for a description of that function.
  
-    def extent
+    def extent(cell_filter = nil)
       self._context("extent") do
-        layout.extent
+        layout.extent(cell_filter)
       end
     end
     
@@ -1615,6 +1616,8 @@ CODE
     # # shapes now will be taken from the given rectangle and clipped to it
     # l1 = input(1, 0)
     # @/code
+    # 
+    # To remove the clip condition, call "clip" without any arguments.
  
     def clip(*args)
       self._context("clip") do
@@ -2638,16 +2641,6 @@ CODE
       end
     end
     
-  private
-
-    def _make_string(v)
-      if v.class.respond_to?(:from_s)
-        v.class.to_s + "::from_s(" + v.to_s.inspect + ")"
-      else
-        v.inspect
-      end
-    end
-
     def _input(layout, cell_index, layers, sel, box, clip, overlapping, shape_flags, global_trans, cls)
     
       if layers.empty? && ! @deep
@@ -2714,6 +2707,16 @@ CODE
 
     end
     
+  private
+
+    def _make_string(v)
+      if v.class.respond_to?(:from_s)
+        v.class.to_s + "::from_s(" + v.to_s.inspect + ")"
+      else
+        v.inspect
+      end
+    end
+
     def _layout(name)
       @layout_sources[name].layout
     end

src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_source.rb

@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ module DRC
       @engine._context(method) do
 
         box = nil
-        if args.size == 1
+        if args.size == 0
+          # unclip
+        elsif args.size == 1
           box = args[0]
           box.is_a?(RBA::DBox) || raise("Method requires a box specification")
         elsif args.size == 2
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ module DRC
         else 
           raise("Invalid number of arguments (1, 2 or 4 expected)")
         end
-        @box = RBA::Box::from_dbox(box * (1.0 / @layout.dbu))
+        @box = box && RBA::Box::from_dbox(box * (1.0 / @layout.dbu))
 
         self
 
@@ -311,24 +313,55 @@ CODE
 
     # %DRC%
     # @name extent
-    # @brief Returns a layer with the bounding box of the selected layout
+    # @brief Returns a layer with the bounding box of the selected layout or cells
     # @synopsis source.extent
+    # @synopsis source.extent(cell_filter)
+    #
+    # Without an argument, the extent method returns a layer with the bounding box
+    # of the top cell. With a cell filter argument, the method returns a layer
+    # with the bounding boxes of the selected cells. The cell filter is a glob
+    # pattern.
+    # 
     # The extent function is useful to invert a layer:
     # 
     # @code
     # inverse_1 = extent.sized(100.0) - input(1, 0)
     # @/code
+    #
+    # The following example returns the bounding boxes of all cells whose
+    # names start with "A":
+    #
+    # @code
+    # a_cells = extent("A*")
+    # @/code
     
-    def extent
+    def extent(cell_filter = nil)
+
       @engine._context("extent") do
-        layer = input
-        if @box
-          layer.insert(RBA::DBox::from_ibox(@box) * @layout.dbu)
-        else
-          layer.insert((RBA::DBox::from_ibox(@cell.bbox) * @layout.dbu).transformed(@global_trans))
+
+        if cell_filter
+          cell_filter.is_a?(String) || raise("Invalid cell filter argument - must be a string")
         end
+
+        if cell_filter
+          tmp = @layout_var.insert_layer(RBA::LayerInfo::new)
+          @tmp_layers << tmp
+          @layout_var.cells(cell_filter).each do |cell|
+            cell.shapes(tmp).insert(cell.bbox)
+          end
+          layer = DRCLayer::new(@engine, @engine._cmd(@engine, :_input, @layout_var, @cell.cell_index, [tmp], @sel, @box, @clip, @overlapping, RBA::Shapes::SAll, @global_trans, RBA::Region))
+        else
+          layer = input
+          layer.insert((RBA::DBox::from_ibox(@cell.bbox) * @layout.dbu).transformed(@global_trans))
+          if @box
+            layer.data &= RBA::Region::new(@box)
+          end
+        end
+
         layer
+
       end
+
     end
           
     # %DRC%

src/drc/unit_tests/drcSimpleTests.cc

@@ -1303,3 +1303,12 @@ TEST(51_epInternalAngle)
   run_test (_this, "51", false);
 }
 
+TEST(52_cellWiseExtent)
+{
+  run_test (_this, "52", false);
+}
+
+TEST(53_cellWiseExtentWithClip)
+{
+  run_test (_this, "53", false);
+}

src/lay/lay/doc/about/drc_ref_global.xml

@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ clip(0.mm, 0.mm, 0.5.mm, 0.6.mm)
 # shapes now will be taken from the given rectangle and clipped to it
 l1 = input(1, 0)
 </pre>
+</p><p>
+To remove the clip condition, call "clip" without any arguments.
 </p>
 <a name="connect"/><h2>"connect" - Specifies a connection between two layers</h2>
 <keyword name="connect"/>
@@ -619,11 +621,12 @@ actual edges from the first input (see <a href="#separation">separation</a> for
 <p>
 Similar to <a href="#log">log</a>, but the message is printed formatted as an error
 </p>
-<a name="extent"/><h2>"extent" - Creates a new layer with the bounding box of the default source</h2>
+<a name="extent"/><h2>"extent" - Creates a new layer with the bounding box of the default source or cell bounding boxes</h2>
 <keyword name="extent"/>
 <p>Usage:</p>
 <ul>
 <li><tt>extent</tt></li>
+<li><tt>extent(cell_filter)</tt></li>
 </ul>
 <p>
 See <a href="/about/drc_ref_source.xml#extent">Source#extent</a> for a description of that function.

src/lay/lay/doc/about/drc_ref_source.xml

@@ -96,18 +96,31 @@ Use the global version of "edges" without a source object to address the default
 </p><p>
 This method has been introduced in version 0.27.
 </p>
-<a name="extent"/><h2>"extent" - Returns a layer with the bounding box of the selected layout</h2>
+<a name="extent"/><h2>"extent" - Returns a layer with the bounding box of the selected layout or cells</h2>
 <keyword name="extent"/>
 <p>Usage:</p>
 <ul>
 <li><tt>source.extent</tt></li>
+<li><tt>source.extent(cell_filter)</tt></li>
 </ul>
 <p>
+Without an argument, the extent method returns a layer with the bounding box
+of the top cell. With a cell filter argument, the method returns a layer
+with the bounding boxes of the selected cells. The cell filter is a glob
+pattern.
+</p><p>
 The extent function is useful to invert a layer:
 </p><p>
 <pre>
 inverse_1 = extent.sized(100.0) - input(1, 0)
 </pre>
+</p><p>
+The following example returns the bounding boxes of all cells whose
+names start with "A":
+</p><p>
+<pre>
+a_cells = extent("A*")
+</pre>
 </p>
 <a name="global_transform"/><h2>"global_transform" - Gets or sets a global transformation</h2>
 <keyword name="global_transform"/>