How to specify number of visible strips in VIVA

[RL]

We used to be able to specify the number of visible strips in wavescan; however, I haven't found a way to do the same in VIVA. Is there a SKILL script to do this or is there an option built in already that I don't know about. Thanks.


RL

[Andrew Beckett]

Which version are you talking about?

Andrew.

[RL]

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:44:50 PM UTC-7, RL wrote:
> We used to be able to specify the number of visible strips in wavescan; however, I haven't found a way to do the same in VIVA. Is there a SKILL script to do this or is there an option built in already that I don't know about. Thanks.
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I am using IC6.1.5.500.15. Thanks.

RL

[Andrew Beckett]

You don't really need to set the number of strips any more - it's all
done adaptively. You can control the default and minimum height for
strips on Graph->Properties, and then the Strips tab.

And then these are defaulted with these cdsenv settings:

viva.rectGraph stripHeight string "50"
viva.rectGraph minStripHeight string "32"
viva.rectGraph digitalStripHeight string "32"
viva.rectGraph maxDigitalStripHeight string "40"
viva.rectGraph minDigitalStripHeight string "32"

Note that all strips do not have to be the same height any more - you
can grab the top or bottom edge of the current strip and resize it to
make it bigger, and do RMB->Lock to lock or unlock the size of a strip
to stop it auto-resizing as more strips get added or as other strips are
resized.

We essentially use this size information to control whether it squeezes
in more strips or adds scroll bars.

Regards,

Andrew.

[RL]

I have tried playing with the options you mentioned previously but have not found them to work. Could you elaborate on what "Analog Height" and "Digital Height" do?
If I have 50 net names that I am trying to probe but I only want to show 5 plots at a given time, what would my setting be? I would assume MAX=40 for digital height. Thanks.


RL

[Andrew Beckett]

I'm not sure the "Default" values do anything (I'll have to check). The
minimum values are the minimum height (in pixels) needed for a strip. So
if you have a minimum height of 100, and 500 pixels of space, you'll get
5 strips. The Digital height is only used for digital signals.

Note that if you have strips already drawn, it does not affect existing
strips as far as I can see - but if I collapse them and split into
strips again I see the minimum being honoured.

Regards,

Andrew.