Re: Inconsistencies with Electric v6.07??? ....

[Steven Rubin]

> Perhaps I'm misreading the technology units window.  Do the values in the
> window reflect the present settings for the library, or do they reflect the
> most recently assigned value (which appears to correspond to the SPICE
> parts file, and not what I set them to)?

Each library file (including the SPICE parts readable-dump library files) 
has values of lambda for each technology.  These values are used to make 
sure the sizes are correct when a two different libraries are used.  Most 
people don't bother changing the value of lambda for the schematics 
technology, and the SPICE parts libraries don't make use of any layout 
technologies, so there is usually not a problem.  If the layout lambda 
values are changing when you read a SPICE parts library, try adjusting only 
those layout lambda values in that library.

> Hmmm ... looking at the list from the Change Units window, I don't see the
> schematic technology.

Electric reports two "schematics" technologies: analog and 
digital.  Internally, however, there is only one such technology.  Also, 
neither is listed in the "Change Units" window because it is not considered 
to be a technology with a meaningful value of lambda.

> But I know that I had re-set it to a value of 1600,
> 0.8u.  So I looked at the various .txt files in the lib directory, and I
> see that I changed all of the .txt files when I had removed the BiCMOS,
> MOCMOS, and MOCMOSSUB settings.  Is there another place to change the
> schematic units from within Electric?  I seem to recall being able to do it
> in v6.04.

Yes, it was listed in earlier versions, but is no longer listed for the 
above reason.

   -Steve