Stats

  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 23
  • Subscribers 144
  • Views 28745
  • Members are here 0
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

How to do a plot in Cadence?

Alex Liao

Hi, everytime when I want to print a schematic/ layout view to a file, it always says:

There were no system .cdsplotinit files found.

*WARNING* Plotter configuration not loaded.

 I could not find it in the provided PDK. Instead, I found something interesting. Under the /CMC/tools/cadence/IC5141USR6_lnx86, I found a cdsplotinit (no dot in front) and under /CMC/tools/cadence/IC5141USR6_lnx86/tools.lnx86/plot/samples, I found a cdsplotinit.sample.

 I am sure thoses are something related to the plot function. However I tried to rename them to .cdsplotinit which is required from the warning message and it is still not working. Not a proper plotter can be found.

 

Anyone got an idea?

 

Thanks,

Alex 

Parents
  • skillUser

    Hi Alex,

    You would check $LD_LIBRARY_PATH using something like 'echo' typically - 'which' is for things on your executable path.  I would expect to see another entry in addition to the MMSIM entry; i.e. one for your Virtuoso installation.  Typically there are tool wrappers that take care of setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but IC5141 is pretty old and I don't recall if it did this or not.  Add the entry for your virtuoso installation and try again.  What is Cadence Camera?

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

Reply
  • skillUser

    Hi Alex,

    You would check $LD_LIBRARY_PATH using something like 'echo' typically - 'which' is for things on your executable path.  I would expect to see another entry in addition to the MMSIM entry; i.e. one for your Virtuoso installation.  Typically there are tool wrappers that take care of setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but IC5141 is pretty old and I don't recall if it did this or not.  Add the entry for your virtuoso installation and try again.  What is Cadence Camera?

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

Children
No Data

Community Guidelines

The Cadence Design Communities support Cadence users and technologists interacting to exchange ideas, news, technical information, and best practices to solve problems and get the most from Cadence technology. The community is open to everyone, and to provide the most value, we require participants to follow our Community Guidelines that facilitate a quality exchange of ideas and information. By accessing, contributing, using or downloading any materials from the site, you agree to be bound by the full Community Guidelines.