Hi Andres, On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 07:24:09AM +0000, Andres Farfan wrote: > Hi Ludo! > > I've been working with FPGEN and DPR but I have problems, please execute: > > >make ioregs_fpgen.vst -- which runs fpgen on ioregs_fpgen.vst > >make ioregs_dpr.ap -- which runs dpr on ioregs_fpgen.vst > >make ioregs_dpr.drc > > The last instruction reports drc errors (look the file ioregs_dpr.drc). > The file ioregs_drp.ap contains a instance "like" this: > > -------- > |N-WELL| > | _| > |____| <-- empty square (x=247, y=1011) > > > The drc errors were solved filling this square with nwell. I think the > problem > is caused by the abutment box, its N-WELL segment is shorter than others... > I sending you the fixed ap file called fixed.ap. > > Is there something wrong with my ioregs_fpgen.c or is it a bug? This is a bug ... i've seen it already, but this bug hasn't been corrected (fpgen will be soon replaced by a new tool) > A last question.... What is the abutment box? What's its purpouse? (from the phfig manual page phfig(3)) : [...] The abutment box of a model represents the external visibility of a physical figure and is what reference is made to when instanciating the model. One should well distinguish the abutment box from the bounding box, which is the smallest rectangle that includes all cell descriptors. The size and position of the abutment box is a designer concern, and cannot be computed. [...] Regards, Ludo. > > Best regards, > > Andres FARFAN > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. -- (_) ___ Ludovic JACOMME _ _ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( 6 ) Laboratoire LIP6, Equipe ASIM ( ) (_) ( _ ) Couloir 55-65, 2eme etage, ( )___ ( ) Universite P. et M. Curie (P6) (_____) (_) 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05 Tel: (33) 01.44.27.54.15 Fax: (33) 01.44.27.72.80 ICQ: 62526530 mailto: Ludovic.Jacomme@asim.lip6.fr http: //asim.lip6.fr/~ludo