LayerSpec

class photonforge.LayerSpec(layer, description, color, pattern)

Layer specification.

This class is mainly used to create layers for a Technology.

Parameters:

• layer (tuple[int, int]) – Sequence of 2 integers describing layer and datatype (or texttype) numbers.

• description (str) – Layer description.

• color (str | tuple[int, int, int] | tuple[int, int, int, int]) – Layer display color. It can be a string of hexadecimal values in the formats ‘RGBA’ or ‘RRGGBBAA’ (with an optional ‘#’ prefix), or a tuple with 3 or 4 non-negative integers for each component.

• pattern (str) – Hatch pattern used to display the layer. Must be one of ‘solid’, ‘hollow’, ‘\’, ‘\\’, ‘/’, ‘//’, ‘-’, ‘=’, ‘x’, ‘xx’, ‘+’, ‘++’, ‘.’, or ‘:’.

Example

>>> layer_spec = LayerSpec((1, 0), "Silicon layer", "#d2132e18", "//")

See also

Layers guide

Methods

copy()	Create a copy of this layer specification.
from_json(json_str)	Import object data from json.

Attributes

color	Layer display color.
description	LayerSpec description.
json	(DEPRECATED) Json representation of this layer specification.
layer	Layer and datatype tuple.
pattern	Layer display pattern.
properties	Object properties.

color

Layer display color.

Type:

ndarray

copy()

Create a copy of this layer specification.

Returns:

New copy.

Return type:

LayerSpec

description

LayerSpec description.

Type:

str

static from_json(json_str)

Import object data from json.

Warning

This method is DEPRECATED and will be removed in the next release.

Parameters:

json_str (str) – String containing the json data.

Returns:

PhotonForge object.

Return type:

Any

json

(DEPRECATED) Json representation of this layer specification.

Type:

str

layer

Layer and datatype tuple.

Type:

tuple[int, int]

pattern

Layer display pattern.

Type:

str

properties

Object properties.

Type:

Properties