Cadence IC613: Problem in importing GDS2 file

There's not a whole lot of information to go on here!  Perhaps try saving all of the opitions to a file and then invoking strmin from the command line to see if you get more feedback or a log file. Have you checked that the machine has the appropriate setup, using the checkSysConf utility? - this is a good thing to check.  You might need to file a Service Request with Customer Support.

Best regards,

Lawrence.

 Looks like the same problem... http://www.cadence.com/Community/forums/p/15281/61421.aspx

Thank you for your replies. Would you please write how to invoke strmin from the command line saving all the options in a file? This is a new idea for me. And so far I know, checkSysConf utility is valid only in Redhat linux, whereas we run our cadence in scientific linux, version 5. So, it may not help me.

I visited http://www.cadence.com/Community/forums/p/15281/61421.aspx  earlier, but there is no solution :(  . Please tell me if there is any way to troubleshoot.

Thank You,

Regards ...

From the user interface, save a template file, then do:

strmin -templateFile /path/to/templateFile

The key point is to see if it fails with some error - maybe a missing shared library or something like that. Also you can run "strmin" with no command line arguments and it will give you some help as to how it can be run.

Regards,

Andrew.

Thank you Andrew for your tips. I shall save a template from the user interface of the Xstream Out form and try from the command line. But, I think the problem is not be due to the missing libraries or anything like that, because may be in that case at least a GUI tool or User Interface like 'Xstream In' form would appear. But no sub window appears when I go to: CIW->File->Import->Stream. However, I woud like to update the post what ever I learn next on this issue.

Thanks and Regards ...

 Actually in IC613, the stream in form is a separate program, so you might want to try running "strminui" from the command line.

In IC614, the UI is integrated inside Virtuoso.

You may find if you run the IC613 UI standalone, it reveals why it doesn't start when you do File->Import->Stream

Regards,

Andrew.

Thank you Andrew. Can you please write me the command line syntax for the "strminui" ? Is it same as the "strmin" you suggested earlier?

How to run IC613 UI standalone? Let's find out what the problem is. Troubleshooting is always interesting :)

Regards ...

 Hi,

"strminui" is a stand alone GUI for invoking the "strmin" binary that does the Stream In translation. As such it doesn't really have that many command-line arguments; you can force the mode, e.g. "strminui -64" for 64-bit, or "strminui -32" for 32-bit, but these are generic options. This GUI can be used to set the options for, and launch the the "strmin" binary.  So in IC61x you use "strmin", but in IC5141 and earlier this was performed by "pipo". As Andrew noted, the strminui standalone GUI is in IC613 but not in IC614.

 I hope this answers your question.

 Lawrence.

 Thank you Lawrence for the nice explanation. It sounds like I need to install the 'strmin' separately like Assura and have to include the bin path to the .cshrc file- is it like that? I did not install anything like 'strmin'...

No, it's installed as part of IC613 (and IC614). If my memory is correct, it's in <instDir>/tools/dfII/bin which should be in your path anyway (otherwise you can't find "virtuoso").

Provided you've installed the layout tools, it should get installed.

Regards,

Andrew.