Mask layer management

[Chenhui]

Hello Nazca team,

Is there a built-in mask layer system, which I can directly use them?

How can I call the different layer name, and put the pattern on the different layers, without using the number? It is easy to mess up the layers by only using the number.

Thanks.

Chenhui

[Ronald]

Dear Chenhui,

Yes there is a mask layer system in Nazca. You can either load layers from a csv file or add them in your script via add_layer(). A layer can be given a layer_name too, e.g.

import nazca as nd
nd.add_layer(name='my_layer', layer= (2, 5))
nd.Polygon(points=[(0, 0), (10, 0), (0, 10)], layer='my_layer')
nd.export_gds()

As of Nazca-0.5, released Feb 20 ’19, there are some useful updates:
The layers are no longer primarily organized in layers and datatypes, but by an ID. You can still call a layer as previously, however, you can now also have multiple names for the same (layer, datatype) combination without ambiguity. If you refer to a layer by number and it has multiple layer_names Nazca will issue a warning and ask you to use the unique layer_name instead.

import nazca as nd
nd.add_layer(name='my_layer1', layer= (2, 5))
nd.add_layer(name='my_layer2', layer= (2, 5))
nd.Polygon(points=[(0, 0), (10, 0), (0, 10)], layer='my_layer1')
nd.Polygon(points=[(0, 0), (10, 0), (0, 10)], layer=(2, 5)) # This will trigger a warning

# warning message:
WARNING: Non-unique layer identifier used: (2, 5).
Matching layer_names for (2, 5) are ['my_layer1', 'my_layer2'].
Continuing here with layer_name = 'my_layer1'.

nd.export_gds()

Ronald

[Chenhui]

Hello Ronald,

Thanks for your help. It is very convenient to use the name.

Chenhui

[Ronald]

Dear Chenhui,

For using a csv file to define mask layers:

# csv file content example 'my_layers.csv'
# (no spaces after the comma's)
# remove these comment lines
layer_name,layer,datatype,accuracy,origin,remark
name1,2,10,0.001,,
name2,5,0,0.001,,
name3,100,0,0.001,,

import nazca as nd
nd.load_layers(filename='my_layers.csv')
nd.show_layers()

Ronald

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