graal - symbolic layout editor
graal
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD system from the CAO-VLSI team at
ASIM/LIP6/UPMC laboratory.
LIP6/ASIM
University P. et M. Curie
4, place Jussieu
75252 PARIS Cedex 05
FRANCE
Fax : {33/0} 1.44.27.62.86
E-mail support : alliance-support@asim.lip6.fr
Graal is a hierarchical symbolic layout editor. All functionnalities can be accessed through different menus. Among them exists a design rule checker performing verifications inside a user defined window. Graal works under Motif and X11r5. When entering Graal, the main window appears and shows 7 different menus on the top bar.These menus can be entered by simply clicking on the mouse left button. Here is the description of these menus.
New
: clean the entire window and save the current cell.
Open
: load an already existing cell.
Save
: save the current cell.
Save
as
: rename and save the current cell.
Quit
: quit graal.
Undo
: undo the previous action.
Copy
: copy a selected object.
Move
: move a selected object.
Delete
: delete a selected object.
Stretch
: strech a selected object (transistor or segment
length).
Modify
: modify the caracteristics of an object (name, width,
etc...).
Identify
: identify a selected object.
Search
: search an object according to its type.
Instance
: add a new instance in the current cell.
Abutmentbox
: define the abutment box of the current cell.
Segment
: add segments.
Via
: add vias or contacts.
Connector
: add connectors.
Transistor
: add transistors.
Reference
: add references.
Zoom
: perform zoom in, zoom out, center, fit, refresh on figure.
Layer
: select types of layers displayed.
Map
: show cursor position in the entire figure.
Arrows
: show arrows for moving at the grid step.
Grid
: Set the X,Y step of the grid if displayed.
Equi
: highlight all objects electrically connected to a given
object.
Flat
: not available.
Peek
: virtual hierarchy flattening (display all visible objects
inside a given window).
Druc
: call the design rule checker in a given window.
MBK_CATA_LIB
indicates the path to the read only libraries to be used.
GRAAL_TECHNO_NAME (optionnal)
indicates the path to the techno name file used by Graal.
RDS_TECHNO_NAME (optionnal)
indicates the path to the RDS configuration file used by Graal.
mbk(1) , MBK_CATA_LIB(1) , MBK_IN_PH(1) , MBK_OUT_PH(1) , RDS_TECHNO_NAME(1)
This tool is under development at the ASIM/LIP6/UPMC laboratory, cao-vlsi
research team.
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If you find bugs, please fill-in the form at
http://asim.lip6.fr/alliance/support/bug-report/
Thanks for doing this.