Re: Cells in new processes

[Steven Rubin]

> > > For
> > > the 470 cells, If I
> > > had GDSII
> > > layouts would it be a batch operation to get minimal electric cells for
> > > manual placing and automatic routing?
> >
> > Electric has a built-in facility for this (you could run it
> > yourself).  It takes a GDS file and a LEF file.  The GDS has
> > layers and the LEF has export locations.  Then Electric merges the
> > two to produce a library.  I can do this or you can do it
> > yourself.  So it is relatively automated, but you have to get the
> > GDS layers right, find the right libraries, etc.
> >
> >    -Steve 
>
> I haven't been able to find out how to do this in the manual. It seems
> easy to import an LEF or a GDSII library but merging them into one
> library doesn't seem possible right now. What am I
> missing?

The command is "Export / Add Exports from Library".  You
read the GDS and LEF into separate libraries, then use this command to
merge them.

   -Steven Rubin