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Use skill to export gdsII

ardardachung

HI:

I want to export GDS from the layout. I know that it can be done by using Virtuoso CIW ( File-->Export-->stream). But I need to use the skill to done it . I use virtuoso IC6.1.7

My code is :

procedure(strmout_gds()

cellid = geGetEditCellView()
printf("cellid %L \n" cellid)

thisLibName = cellid->libName
printf("thisLibName %L \n" thisLibName)

thisCellName = cellid->cellName
printf("thisCellName %L \n" thisCellName)

streamOutKeys = ncons(nil)

streamOutKeys->runDir = "."

streamOutKeys->libName = thisLibName

streamOutKeys->primaryCell = thisCellName

streamOutKeys->viewName = "layout"

streamOutKeys->scale = 0.001

streamOutKeys->units = "micron"

streamOutKeys->libVersion = "5.0"

streamOutKeys->errFile = "PIPO.LOG"

streamOutKeys->outFile= strcat("/home1st/art83420/NCSU-FreePDK15-1.2_final/FreePDK15/cdslib" thisCellName ".calibre.gds")

id = ipcBeginProcess("cd /home1st/art83420/NCSU-FreePDK15-1.2_final/FreePDK15/cdslib; source .bashrc; pipo strmout xstrmOut.templt")
printf("id %L\n" id)

ipcWait(id)

)

I found examples at the following URL
http://www.dayexie.com/detail2035097.html

My problem is the code can run and doesn't have error. But can't generate gds 

Have anyone can tell me where is the problem or how to write the code 

thanks




  • You're using the old IC5141 (and before) way of doing stream out, which used the "pipo" executable. Nowadays you can use a combination of xstSetField() calls to configure what  you want to write, then xstOutDoTranslate() to do the translation. No need to call any ipc processes. 

    Your code as is will fail because there is no "pipo" executable any more. Because you're not reading the output of the ipc process, you're not seeing any error - had you done ipcReadProcess(id) at the end, you'd have seen the failure message.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Hi ardardachung

    You can use the CCSgenGdsFile procedure in COS article 11803100.

    Best regards
    Quek

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