Icepak.create_pcb_from_3dlayout(component_name, project_name, design_name, extent_type='Polygon') still creates bounding box

[Rungenwagen]

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Description of the bug

The function Icepak.create_pcb_from_3dlayout(component_name, project_name, design_name, extent_type='Polygon') doesn't create a polygonal PCB successfully. Instead, AEDT uses bounding box. The AEDT window shows the following error.

It seems that it works only if I give the correct name of the outline polygon in the parameter of this function. When I create a PCB manually in AEDT GUI, the outline polygon is automatically selected. But in scripting, I can't get the outline. In a compatible script, I can set "Use3DLayoutExtents:=" to True like the code below to avoid this problem. However, in PyAEDT, there is no such parameter.

oEditor.InsertNativeComponent(
    [
        "NAME:InsertNativeComponentData",
        "TargetCS:="        , "Global",
        "SubmodelDefinitionName:=", "PCB",
        ......

        [
            "NAME:NativeComponentDefinitionProvider",
            "Type:="        , "PCB",
            "Unit:="        , "mm",
            "Version:="     , 0,
            "MovePlane:="       , "XY",
            "Use3DLayoutExtents:="  , True 
        ]
               ......
    ])

Steps To Reproduce

1. Open AEDT and import an EDB file
2. Insert Icepak design
3. Run the script below.

   
   from pyaedt import Icepak

ipk = Icepak() project_name = ipk.project_name

oEditor = ipk.modeler.oeditor ipk.create_pcb_from_3dlayout( component_name='PCB', project_name=project_name, design_name='main', extent_type='Polygon' )

ipk.release_desktop(close_projects=False, close_desktop=False)

### Which Operating System are you using?

Windows

### Which Python version are you using?

3.7

### Installed packages

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certifi==2023.5.7
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fonttools==4.38.0
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pandas==1.3.5
Pillow==9.5.0
platformdirs==3.9.1
plumbum==1.8.2
pooch==1.7.0
psutil==5.9.5
pyaedt==0.6.85
pycparser==2.21
pyparsing==3.1.0
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pythonnet==3.0.1
pytz==2023.3
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pywin32==306
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[KimMartinNielsen]

Hi Rungenwagen,

I had the same issue - however I managed to overcome it by searching for the outline polygon the HFSS 3DL and use that input when importing PCB in Icepak. Using something like the lines below.

"" Outline = h3d.modeler.objects_by_layer("Outline")

ipkapp.create_pcb_from_3dlayout(component_name="PCB1",project_name=h3d.project_name, design_name=h3d.design_name, extent_type='Polygon',outline_polygon=Outline[0])

""

I have not seen a project where the outline did not excist in HFSS 3DL - so I do not know what will happen in that case.

Best regards, Kim

[Rungenwagen]

Hi Kim,

thank you for the tip. I managed it.

Best regards, Rungenwagen

[maxcapodi78]

Fixed, please have a look