Scripting

reticle-script embeds a scripting language so a layout can be built, queried, and transformed programmatically.

The API

The engine is rhai, a small embeddable Rust scripting language. Scripts get an API over the model: create cells and shapes, query and transform geometry, run the design-rule checker, invoke the router, and export to a file format. Because the API is the same model the application edits, a script and a hand edit are interchangeable.

Plugins and examples

A plugin folder lets a script extend the application, and a set of worked example scripts shows the common tasks: generating a parameterized cell, sweeping a rule threshold, batch-checking a directory of layouts, and scripting an export pipeline.