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Run gdspg and follow the prompts to convert your file.
The underlying conversion software converts your file to a couple of different intermediate formats. CNF's gdspg runs the appropriate commands, under the hood, to successfully convert your file to the main intermediate format and then the finalized tape format for the PG.
You will first be prompted for the filename to convert. Then the layer number. Then the top level cell structure. To just use the top level structure in the GDS file, type in an equals sign ( = ). And finally a scale factor, which will vary depending on the tool.
The underyling conversion involves several intermediate steps. Our gdspg script takes care of all of these individual steps for you.
Next you will see a bunch of output from the underlying conversion programs as your file is converted. And you will be prompted to press Enter (CR) several times. Among the messages you see will be a flash count.
After your flashes are sorted, you will be prompted to open the viewer to view your converted file. If you choose to view your file, the script will wait and then automatically continue once you exit the viewer. See Running the PG Viewer below for more details on the viewer.
You will be prompted to "Delete output files". If everything looked ok in the viewers, you should NOT delete your output files. If you choose to delete the output files, you will be prompted to confirm each individual file. This is a safety measure. Choosing to delete the output files exits the conversion at this point.If you do not delete your output files, you will be prompted to convert your file to the tape format. You can still choose no and abort the conversion at this point. If you accidentally choose No, you can still run mkpgtape to convert your file to tape format. The gdspg program will output the correct mkpgtape command to run.
If you do choose to convert to tape format, a file named PGTAPE.TAP will be created in your directory. You are now ready to enable the PG in Coral.
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