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    Syntax

    show(layerobj)
    show(layerobj,Name=Value)

    Description

    show(layerobj) shows layer information in visual form.

    show(layerobj,Name=Value) shows layer information with optional name-values specified.

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    Examples

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    Open Live Script

    Use the show function to diplay a layer of a pcb

    Read-in a pcb file

    Use the pcbFileRead object to read in a file. Accepted file formats are:

    • ODB++

    • Allegro

    • Native

    Here we are using a native format file

    pfile = pcbFileRead('native_ExampleBoard_Allegro')
    pfile = 
  pcbFileRead with properties:

           FileName: 'native_ExampleBoard_Allegro'
          NumLayers: 5
         MetalLayer: [1 3 5]
    DielectricLayer: [2 4]
        LayerHeight: [0.0184 0.0104 0.0092 0.0012 0]
         NumCadnets: 7
       NumPadStacks: 6
      NumComponents: 8
           NumParts: 5

    Create a layer object

    Crate a layer object of metal layer 1

    layerobj = layer(pfile,1)
    layerobj = 
  layer with properties:

        pcBoard: [1×1 pcbFileRead]
    LayerNumber: 1
           Type: 'Pin'
    LayerHeight: 0.0184
    NumSurfaces: 1
        NumPins: 14
        NumVias: 4
      NumTraces: 21
     EntityList: [1×1 struct]

    Show the layer

    Use the show function

    show(layerobj)

    Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title Layer element: TOP Type: Pin, xlabel x (inch), ylabel y (inch) contains 14 objects of type polygon.

    Input Arguments

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    The layer object specified as a string.

    Example: show(layerobjname)

    Data Types: string

    Name-Value Arguments

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    Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

    Example: show(layerobjname,Color='red',LineWidth=1)

    Use 'Color' to specify the color.

    Example: Color='red'

    Data Types: string

    Use LineWidth to specify the line width.

    Example: LineWidth = 1

    Data Types: double

    Use LineStyle to specify the line style.

    Example: LineStyle = '-'

    Data Types: char

    Version History

    Introduced in R2021a