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- (int) SaveCellAsNative(cellname, directory)
Save the cell named in the first (string) argument, which must exist
in the current symbol table, to a native format file in the directory. If the directory string is null or empty (or 0 is
passed for this argument), the cell is saved in the current directory.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
This functions returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise, with an error
message likely available from GetError.
- (int) Export(filepath, allcells)
This function exports design data to a disk file (or files). It can
perform the same operations as the ToXXX functions also
described in this section. The type of file produced is set by the
extension found on the filepath string. Recognized extensions
are
| native |
.xic |
| CGX |
.cgx |
| CIF |
.cif |
| GDSII |
.gds, .str, .strm, .stream |
| OASIS |
.oas |
Only these extensions are recognized, however CGX and GDSII allow an
additional ``.gz'' which will imply compression. For native
cell file output, the filepath must provide a path to an
existing directory. If none of the other formats is matched, and the
filepath exists as a directory, then native cell files will be
written to that directory. Alternatively, if the filepath has a
``.xic'' extension, and the filepath with the .xic
stripped is an existing directory, or the filepath including the
.xic is an existing directory (checked in this order), again
native cell files will be written to that directory.
The second argument is a boolean. If false, then the current cell
hierarchy is written to output. If true, all cells found in the
current symbol table will be written to output. In either case, by
default cells that are sub-masters or library cells are not written
unless the controlling variables are set, as from the Export
Control panel. The other controls for windowing, flattening,
scaling, and cell name mapping found in this panel apply as well, as
do their underlying variables. These flags and values can also be set
with the SetConvertFlags, SetConvertArea, and SetConvertScale functions, and others that apply to output
generation. When writing all files, any windowing or flattening in
force is ignored.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
The function return 1 on success, 0 otherwise with an error message
available from GetError.
- (int) ToXIC(destination_dir)
The ToXIC function will write the current cell hierarchy to disk
files in native format, no questions asked. The argument is the
directory where the Xic files will be created. If this argument is
a null or empty string or zero, the Xic files will be created in
the current directory.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
This functions returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise, with an error
message likely available from GetError.
- (int) ToCGX(cgx_name)
This function will write the current cell hierarchy to a CGX format
file on disk. The argument is the name of the CGX file to create. If
the cgx_name is null or an empty string, the name used will be
the top level cell name suffixed with ``.cgx''.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
This functions returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise, with an error
message likely available from GetError.
- (int) ToCIF(cif_name)
This function will write the current cell hierarchy to a CIF format
file on disk. The argument is the name of the CIF file to create. If
the cif_name is null or an empty string, the name used will
be the top level cell name suffixed with ``.cif''.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
This functions returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise, with an error
message likely available from GetError.
- (int) ToGDS(gds_name)
This function will write the current cell hierarchy to a GDSII format
file on disk. The argument is the name of the GDSII file to create.
If the gds_name is null or an empty string, the name used
will be the top level cell name suffixed with ``.gds''.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
This functions returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise, with an error
message likely available from GetError.
- (int) ToGdsLibrary(gds_name, cellname_list)
This function will create a GDSII file from a list of cells in memory.
The first argument is the name of the GDSII file to create. The
second argument is a string consisting of space-separated cell names.
The cells must be in memory, in the current symbol table. Both
arguments must provide values as there are no defaults. The GDSII
file will contain the hierarchy under each cell given, but any cell is
added once only. The resulting file will in general contain multiple
top-level cells.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
This functions returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise, with an error
message likely available from GetError.
- (int) ToOASIS(oas_name)
This function will write the current cell hierarchy to an OASIS format
file on disk. The argument is the name of the OASIS file to create.
If the oas_name is null or an empty string, the name used will
be the top level cell name suffixed with ``.oas''.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
This functions returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise, with an error
message likely available from GetError.
- (int) ToTxt(archive_file, text_file)
This function will create an ASCII text file text_file from
the contents of the archive file. The human-readable text file is
useful for diagnostics. If text_file is null or empty, the
name is derived from the archive_file and given a ``.txt'' extension. No output is produced for CIF, since these are
already in readable format.
The third argument is a string, which can be passed to specify the
range of the conversion. If this argument is passed 0, or the string
is null or empty, the entire archive file will be converted. The
string is in the form
[start_offs[-end_offs]] [-r
rec_count] [-c cell_count]
The square brackets indicate optional terms. The meanings are
- start_offs
An integer, in decimal or ``0x'' hex format (a hex integer
preceded by ``0x''). The printing will begin at the first
record with offset greater than or equal to this value.
- end_offs
An integer in decimal or ``0x'' hex format. If this value is
greater than start_offs, the last record printed is at most the
one containing this offset. If given, this should appear after a
`-' character following the start_offs, with no space.
- rec_count
A positive integer, at most this many records will be printed.
- cell_count
A non-negative integer, at most the records for this many cell
definitions will be printed. If given as 0, the records from the start_offs to the next cell definition will be printed.
See the table in 14.1 for the features that apply during a
call to this function.
The function returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise with an error message
possibly available from GetError.
