View source for Batch Mode DRC

You can run Calibre DRC in batch mode. To do this, you need to make a rule deck. A common one would be: 

 LAYOUT PATH  "invx1.calibre.db"
 LAYOUT PRIMARY "invx1"
 LAYOUT SYSTEM GDSII
 DRC RESULTS DATABASE "invx1.drc.results" ASCII 
 DRC MAXIMUM RESULTS 1000
 DRC MAXIMUM VERTEX 4096
 DRC CELL NAME NO
 DRC SUMMARY REPORT "invx1.drc.summary" REPLACE HIER
 VIRTUAL CONNECT COLON NO
 VIRTUAL CONNECT REPORT NO
 DRC SELECT CHECK
       "Well.1"
        "Well.2"
        "Well.4"
        "Poly.1"
        "Poly.2"
        "Poly.3"
        "Poly.4"
        "Poly.5"
        "Poly.6"
        "Active.1"
        "Active.2"
        "Active.3"
        "Active.4"
        "Implant.1"
        "Implant.2"
        "Implant.3"
        "Implant.4"
        "Implant.6"
        "Contact.1"
        "Contact.2"
        "Contact.3"
        "Contact.4"
        "Contact.5"
        "Contact.6"
        "Metal1.1"
        "Metal1.2"
        "Metal1.3"
        "Metal1.4"
        "Via1.1"
        "Via1.2"
        "Via1.3"
        "Via1.4"
        "Metal2.1"
        "Metal2.2"
        "Metal2.3"
        "Metal2.4"
        "Via2.1"
        "Via2.2"
        "Via2.3"
        "Via2.4"
        "Metal3.1"
        "Metal3.2"
        "Metal3.3"
        "Metal3.4"
        "Via3.1"
        "Via3.2"
        "Via3.3"
        "Via3.4"
        "Metal4.1"
        "Metal4.2"
        "Metal4.3"
        "Via4.1"
        "Via4.2"
        "Via4.3"
        "Via4.4"
        "Metal5.1"
        "Metal5.2"
        "Metal5.3"
        "Via5.1"
        "Via5.2"
        "Via5.3"
        "Via5.4"
        "Metal6.1"
        "Metal6.2"
        "Metal6.3"
        "Via6.1"
        "Via6.2"
        "Via6.3"
        "Via6.4"
        "Metal7.1"
        "Metal7.2"
        "Metal7.3"
        "Via7.1"
        "Via7.2"
        "Via7.3"
        "Via7.4"
        "Metal8.1"
        "Metal8.2"
        "Metal8.3"
        "Via8.1"
        "Via8.2"
        "Via8.3"
        "Via8.4"
        "Metal9.1"
        "Metal9.2"
        "Metal9.3"
        "Via9.1"
        "Via9.2"
        "Via9.3"
        "Via9.4"
        "Metal10.1"
        "Metal10.2"
        "Metal10.3"
        "Metal1.5"
        "Metal1.6"
        "Metal1.7"
        "Metal1.8"
        "Metal1.9"
        "Metal2.5"
        "Metal2.6"
        "Metal2.7"
        "Metal2.8"
        "Metal2.9"
        "Metal3.5"
        "Metal3.6"
        "Metal3.7"
        "Metal3.8"
        "Metal3.9"
        "Metal4.5"
        "Metal4.6"
        "Metal4.7"
        "Metal4.8"
        "Metal5.5"
        "Metal5.6"
        "Metal5.7"
        "Metal5.8"
        "Metal6.5"
        "Metal6.6"
        "Metal6.7"
        "Metal6.8"
        "Metal7.5"
        "Metal7.6"
        "Metal7.7"
        "Metal8.5"
        "Metal8.6"
        "Metal8.7"
        "Metal9.5"
        "Metal9.6"
        "Metal10.5"
        "Metal10.6"
        "Grid.1"
        "Grid.2"
        "Grid.3"
       "Grid.4"
        "Grid.5"
        "Grid.6"
        "Grid.7"
        "Grid.8"
        "Grid.9"
        "Grid.10"
        "Grid.11"
        "Grid.12"
        "Grid.13"
        "Grid.14"
        "Grid.15"
        "Grid.16"
        "Grid.17"
        "Grid.18"
        "Grid.19"
        "Grid.20"
        "Grid.21"
        "Grid.22"
        "Grid.23"
        "Grid.24"
        "Grid.25"
        "Grid.26"
 INCLUDE "/mada/software/techfiles/FreePDK45/ncsu_basekit/techfile/calibre/calibreDRC.rul"

Then you just run:
 calibre -drc -hier -nowait mydrc.rul

The output is put in "invx1.drc.summary"