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Unable to import PDK FILE

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AB_1720565889323 over 1 year ago

over university provided gpdk45 file for the virtuoso, last month i was able to open and design the schematics, this time when i'm launching cadence, i'm getting this error.

Log file is "/home/student/askummera/a1/libManager.log".
Warning: The directory: '/opt/cadence/ASSURA41/tools.lnx86/assura/etc/avtech/avTech' does not exist
but was defined in libFile '/home/student/askummera/a1/cds.lib' for Lib 'avTech'.
Warning: The directory: '/opt/pdk/gpdk045_v_6_0/assura' does not exist
but was defined in libFile '/home/student/askummera/a1/cds.lib' for Lib 'gpdk045_av'.
Warning: The directory: '/opt/pdk/gpdk045_v_6_0/diva' does not exist
but was defined in libFile '/home/student/askummera/a1/cds.lib' for Lib 'gpdk045_dv'.
Warning: The directory: '/opt/pdk/gpdk045_v_6_0/gpdk045' does not exist
but was defined in libFile '/home/student/askummera/a1/cds.lib' for Lib 'gpdk045'.
Warning: The directory: '/opt/cadence/IC618/tools/dfII/etc/cdslib/sheets/US_8ths' does not exist
but was defined in libFile '/home/student/askummera/a1/cds.lib' for Lib 'US_8ths'.
Warning: The directory: '/opt/cadence/IC618/tools/dfII/etc/cdslib/basic' does not exist
but was defined in libFile '/home/student/askummera/a1/cds.lib' for Lib 'basic'.
Warning: The directory: '/opt/cadence/IC618/tools/dfII/etc/cdslib/artist/analogLib' does not exist
but was defined in libFile '/home/student/askummera/a1/cds.lib' for Lib 'analogLib'.

can anyone please help me with this?

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 1 year ago

    It looks as if you've just got the paths in your cds.lib incorrect:

    1. It looks as if your path to the ASSURA41installations and IC618 installations are not correct, as otherwise these would be found.
    2. I don't know why you would define libraries for "gpdk045_av" and "gpdk045_dv" - these are not really libraries (although the assura one is marked as a library). The path seems to be incorrect anyway
    3. Similarly the path to gpdk045 is wrong too.

    I can't tell you what to enter - but have a look in UNIX at /opt/pdk and /opt/cadence to see what is there...

    Maybe you were running on a different machine before and the software was locally installed? Or the volume containing the software isn't mounted any more? You'll probably need to speak to whoever is responsible for the installation and setup at your University.

    Andrew

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 1 year ago

    It looks as if you've just got the paths in your cds.lib incorrect:

    1. It looks as if your path to the ASSURA41installations and IC618 installations are not correct, as otherwise these would be found.
    2. I don't know why you would define libraries for "gpdk045_av" and "gpdk045_dv" - these are not really libraries (although the assura one is marked as a library). The path seems to be incorrect anyway
    3. Similarly the path to gpdk045 is wrong too.

    I can't tell you what to enter - but have a look in UNIX at /opt/pdk and /opt/cadence to see what is there...

    Maybe you were running on a different machine before and the software was locally installed? Or the volume containing the software isn't mounted any more? You'll probably need to speak to whoever is responsible for the installation and setup at your University.

    Andrew

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