32. We have gone through a simplified design flow. There are many options that we haven’t had a chance to explore. It might be a good idea to take a look at some of the available options like RC extraction or the various routing options. Generally the last step in a design flow is to send a completed design to the fabrication facility. To do this the design is exported to a GDS2 file. To generate a GDS2 file we need a map file that relates layer names to numbers. Go to the pull down menu select “File” “Save” and then “GDS/OASIS…”. Name the output stream file anything you want (it should be related to what the design is) with the gds2 extension. Make sure the map file is and the “streamOut.map” “GDS Structure is the name of your layout. click Name” “OK”.
32. We have gone through a simplified design flow. There are many options that we haven’t had a chance to explore. It might be a good idea to take a look at some of the available options like RC extraction or the various routing options. Generally the last step in a design flow is to send a completed design to the fabrication facility. To do this the design is exported to a GDS2 file. To generate a GDS2 file we need a map file that relates layer names to numbers. Go to the “File” pull down menu select “Save” and then “GDS/OASIS…”. Name the output stream file anything you want (it should be related to what the design is) with the gds2 extension. Make sure the map file is “streamOut.map” and the “GDS Structure Name” is the name of your layout. click “OK”.