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From: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: GDS2 => CIF converter
Message-ID: <891@cpocd2.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Oct-87 21:09:01 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  7 21:09:01 1987
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References: <490@esl.UUCP> <1434@ssc-vax.UUCP> <21124@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman)
Organization: Intel Corp. ASIC Systems Organization, Chandler AZ
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In article <21124@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> schoet@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Steve Schoettler) writes:
>If you have Magic, from the Berkeley CAD tools distribution, you can
>enter Magic and type (I haven't tried it, but this is the approximate form):
>
>          :calma read oldfile
>          :cif write newfile

Much as I admire Magic, it is worth pointing out that this will only work for
a "Manhattan" layout, that is, one which contains only exactly horizontal and
exactly vertical edges (and thus necessarily, only angles which are multiples
of 90 degrees).  If your design contains any oblique angles at all, you will
need to find a different solution.

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	Howard A. Landman
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