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putprop error running Quantus with Calibre inputs

ArturS
ArturS over 6 years ago

I have encountered following error running Quantus with Calibre inputs gui after specifying input data and pressing Ok:

*Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or user type – nil

The full CIW output is following:

«Quantus Run: Loading Technology Data. Standby...

Loading tech rule set file : /home/serazetdinov/umc2018/generated/QRC/techRuleSets

*Info* Autodetect: Calibra db is hierarchical

*Info* Autodetect: Calibra db is hierarchical

*Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or user type – nil».

The fields of Quantus (Calibre) Interface form are filled as follows:

The Calibre query utility was used and required query outputs were generated (i.e. SUBSTRATE_COMPx3.gds.map, SUBSTRATE_COMPx3.agf, etc – according to “Quantus QRC Extraction Users Manual 18.10: Running Quantus QRC with PVS and Calibre inputs”). Calibre query direct field points to the folder with these query outputs.

Run name was choosen same as layout cellview name (SUBSTRATE_COMPx3). In that case Layer Map File field is filled automatically and was not changed manually (SUBSTRATE_COMPx3.gds.map – file is located in query output directory).

Quantus Tech Lib field specifies the location of assura_tech.lib file (in which technology umc180 is defined with it’s qrcTechFile path location). qrcTechFile, procfile and p2lvsfile were created with Techgen from the ict tech file.

Technology pull-down menu is filled automatically as it’s specified in assura_tech.lib file.

Prop fields were not changed.

I’ve used Virtuoso 6.1.8, Techgen 18.2.10-s210 and Quantus 18.21.

If anyone has fixed such an error or knows how please help

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    Andrew Beckett over 6 years ago

    I did a quick search and didn't see anything quite like this (unfortunately the error message is a low level SKILL error and so doesn't reveal a great deal about the root cause). I think you'll need to contact customer support to debug this further.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 6 years ago

    I did a quick search and didn't see anything quite like this (unfortunately the error message is a low level SKILL error and so doesn't reveal a great deal about the root cause). I think you'll need to contact customer support to debug this further.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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