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Cadence to Hierarchical PDF

I am trying to lend some help in reviewing a customer's design. They are providing bookmarked PDF output file from Cadence schematics however some of the hierarchy are RTL generated which makes for very dense drawings. The result is I lose the ability to read wire names, pin names and instance names in some of the higher level blocks. Is there any way to increase the resolution in a VIrtuoso schematic to PDF so as not to lose the pin/instance and wire name information? I understand that in the cdsplotinit file you can specify the dots per inch DPI resolution, page size etc for plotting and that this is then used in converting the .ps file to PDF. Also is there a tool that Cadence has that will allow traversable hierarchy in PDF or is that the bookmark scenario?

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dmay over 15 years ago

Here are some sample cdsplotinit settings that create various resolutions for pdf files on 8.5x11 or 11x17. The higher resolution will give you the extra detail you need. You can follow this model to increase your resolution further if necessary. These plot settings actually spool directly to our ps2pdf converter and then open the final pdf in acroread without any intermediate steps.
As for the hierarchy, I think bookmarks are you best approach. Take a look at the documentation for pdfmark. You should be able to write some Skill to build a bookmark file to use with your ps to pdf distiller.
Derek
PDF_6000dpi|Large Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool=ps2pdf13 - > /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf &): \
        :resolution#6000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="A" 48000 63000 1500 1500:
PDF_3000dpi|Medium Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool=ps2pdf13 - > /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf &): \
        :resolution#3000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="A" 24000 31500 750 750:
PDF_1000dpi|Small Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool=ps2pdf13 - > /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf &): \
        :resolution#1000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="A" 8000 10500 250 250:
PDF_6000dpiB|Large Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool="ps2pdf13 -sPAPERSIZE=11x17 - > /tmp/plot_B.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_B.pdf &)": \
        :resolution#6000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="B" 63000 99000 1500 1500:
PDF_3000dpiB|Medium Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool="ps2pdf13 -sPAPERSIZE=11x17 - > /tmp/plot_B.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_B.pdf &)": \
        :resolution#3000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="B" 31500 49500 750 750:
PDF_1000dpiB|Small Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool="ps2pdf13 -sPAPERSIZE=11x17 - > /tmp/plot_B.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_B.pdf &)": \
        :resolution#1000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="B" 10500 16500 250 250:
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dmay over 15 years ago

Here are some sample cdsplotinit settings that create various resolutions for pdf files on 8.5x11 or 11x17. The higher resolution will give you the extra detail you need. You can follow this model to increase your resolution further if necessary. These plot settings actually spool directly to our ps2pdf converter and then open the final pdf in acroread without any intermediate steps.
As for the hierarchy, I think bookmarks are you best approach. Take a look at the documentation for pdfmark. You should be able to write some Skill to build a bookmark file to use with your ps to pdf distiller.
Derek
PDF_6000dpi|Large Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool=ps2pdf13 - > /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf &): \
        :resolution#6000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="A" 48000 63000 1500 1500:
PDF_3000dpi|Medium Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool=ps2pdf13 - > /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf &): \
        :resolution#3000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="A" 24000 31500 750 750:
PDF_1000dpi|Small Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool=ps2pdf13 - > /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_${LOGNAME}.pdf &): \
        :resolution#1000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="A" 8000 10500 250 250:
PDF_6000dpiB|Large Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool="ps2pdf13 -sPAPERSIZE=11x17 - > /tmp/plot_B.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_B.pdf &)": \
        :resolution#6000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="B" 63000 99000 1500 1500:
PDF_3000dpiB|Medium Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool="ps2pdf13 -sPAPERSIZE=11x17 - > /tmp/plot_B.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_B.pdf &)": \
        :resolution#3000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="B" 31500 49500 750 750:
PDF_1000dpiB|Small Postscript: \
        :type=postscript2: \
        :spool="ps2pdf13 -sPAPERSIZE=11x17 - > /tmp/plot_B.pdf ; (acroread /tmp/plot_B.pdf &)": \
        :resolution#1000: \
        :maximumPages#30: \
        :paperSize="B" 10500 16500 250 250:
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