Difference between revisions of "Exporting GDS"
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Turn in the GDS file. TELL ME WHAT THE TOP LEVEL CELL IS. | Turn in the GDS file. TELL ME WHAT THE TOP LEVEL CELL IS. | ||
| − | You can check that your file exported correctly by: 1) creating a new library, do a File->Import->Stream... 3) specifying the correct "top level" cell to translate. | + | You can check that your file exported correctly by: 1) creating a new library, do a File->Import->Stream... 3) specifying the correct "top level" cell to translate. Another check is that the summary of objects is the same: |
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| + | Summary of Objects Translated: | ||
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| + | Instances: 5 | ||
| + | Arrays: 0 | ||
| + | Polygons: 0 | ||
| + | Paths: 8 | ||
| + | PathSegs: 0 | ||
| + | Rectangles: 44 | ||
| + | Text: 0 | ||
| + | Node: 0 | ||
| + | Line: 0 | ||
| + | Cells: 6 | ||
| + | </PRE> | ||
Revision as of 21:59, 11 December 2007
To export GDS, you can go to File->Export->Stream... in the CIW.
In the new window that opens up, specify a stream file.
Select the technology library (NCSU_techlib_tsmc02d).
Select YOUR library, top level cell and "layout" as the view.
Click on "Options".
Click on the "Layers" tab.
Click on "Load File".
Load this file of layer information: /mada/software/techfiles/NCSU_CDK_1.5.1/pipo/streamInLayermap
Click on "Translate".
Turn in the GDS file. TELL ME WHAT THE TOP LEVEL CELL IS.
You can check that your file exported correctly by: 1) creating a new library, do a File->Import->Stream... 3) specifying the correct "top level" cell to translate. Another check is that the summary of objects is the same:
Summary of Objects Translated: Instances: 5 Arrays: 0 Polygons: 0 Paths: 8 PathSegs: 0 Rectangles: 44 Text: 0 Node: 0 Line: 0 Cells: 6
