OK, I didn't firgure out how to get it onto Sourcelink. It says to "Submit a Solution", but it doesn't allow any file attachment. Anybody done this recently? >>> richard.moffat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 29/04/2006 10:47 a.m. >>> Hi I wrote a program called "scalpel" to cut a gap in clines according to a drawn path. This way, you're not confined to just a box. It doesn't delete lines inside; rather, it lets you delete what you want. We at my workplace find it very useful. I uploaded it onto the SKILL School (in its very early days), but since I'm at home at the moment and I unsubscribed to the SS list, I can't access it. When I get back to work, I'll put it on Sourcelink. Meanwhile, someone else may be kind enough to post it or mail it to you. If I remember correctly, load it in to Allegro, and type in 'scalpel -help' on the command line. That gives you a list of options. Hope this helps. Cheers, Richard __________________________ Richard Moffat PCB CAD Manager Allied Telesis Labs ph. +64 (3) 3393000 richard.moffat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx 04/29/06 8:18 AM >>> Hey skill wizards, WinXP Pro, 15.5 Way back when I used Cadnetix, the delete function would delete everything inside of a box. Cadence still doesn't have this functionality. Just "cut" with the RMB while in delete, which doesn't work with a window, only on a single trace. So, I have been using the "clinecut" skill code for some years now, and it breaks randomly with the error message: "E- *Error* eval: unbound variable - lastvalue" Turns out the last time "clinecut" was touched (the one currently on Sourcelink), was 08/03/2002 (created 11/21/2001). Anyone know how to fix this skill code? Also, it sure would be nice if it deleted all of the clines inside of the box, then cleaned up after itself and deleted the box! Would it be hard to modify it to do this? I don't know skill code, haven't really done much besides a little perl. Thanks for any help! Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices Longmont, Colorado NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesis Labs. ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesis Labs.