How to set in ADE the width of the Spectre netlist file?

There are simrc variables for this:

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There are simrc variables for this:

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Greetings Marc!

I tried to edit the .simrc but in our env it is read-only. Can I set this also in .cdsinit?

Bye Stephan

Hi Stephan,

I did a quick search but I think these are exclusive for .simrc.  I don't know how restrictive your environment is
but here is the search mechanism for the simrc, maybe you can create a local writable copy?

.simrc File (Simulation Run Control)

The .simrc file can be used by designers to customize simulation runs. This file enables designers to override the contents of the si.env file and set defaults for simulation variables which affect only their own simulations. The .simrc file is a way to set defaults on a per-user or per-system basis, and no other designer is affected by this file. This file is optional and is loaded if it exists. If you have not defined an entry for a global file, say .simrc, in the csflookupConfig file, then .simrc is searched for in the following order:

• $SIMRC/.simrc
• $ossSimUserSiDir/.simrc
• dfII/local/.simrc
• Current UNIX directory/.simrc
• ~/.simrc
   

In the above list, SIMRC and ossSimUserSiDir are shell environment variables set through the setenv command before starting the Virtuoso session. (For example: setenv SIMRC <path>)

The search stops at the first place where the file is found. No other files are loaded unless the load is done from within the first one it finds, allowing for tiered loading or for the local CAD group to alter or disallow the search mechanism. If the file does not exist, no error is generated.

Linux>> cdswhich -all .simrc    ;; reports all the .simrc files found as per the CSF search mechanism

Kind regards,

Marc

In addition to Marc's suggestions, I'd say that most environments which lock down the .simrc file would usually provide a "user" file (e.g. .simrc_user or something like that) that is looked for by the .simrc file to allow user-level customisation. You should check with your CAD team.

The problem with setting via .cdsinit is that it's only set once at startup, and there are some settings that are altered per-netlister, and so it might get re-initialized. The .simrc flow is read during the start of each netlisting, so there's the opportunity to re-initialize any variable for netlisting.

Andrew

Many thanks! I have so far .simrc in cwd, and $SIMRC is not set. The $SIMRC could be the way to go.

Hi,

I put this into a new .simrc at ,cwd/dfII/local/.simrc:

hnlMaxLineLength = 250
hnlSoftLineLength = 155

I still have cwd/.simrc in parallel.

And I still get short netlist lines. Do we need it at /dfII instead cwd/dfII ??

Bye Stephan

It won't read a local dfII/local/.simrc file  - only the <instDir>/tools/dfII/local/.simrc if it exists. It will also only read the first .simrc file it finds anyway (so unless you either find a file that your infrastructure loads from the non-editable local .simrc, your only hope is to set $SIMRC I think). I'd be really surprised if your infrastructure does not support a custom user-level .simrc-like file to be read.

Andrew