New User Configuration (For Cadence 9504)

The tools have been set up to expect a user's home directory to have a particular configuration. Create the following directories:

• The logs directory will contain log files from the Cadence tools
• The lib directory should contain subdirectories for each technology you will be using. Those subdirectories should be the place you create new design libraries (you should make sure that the Library Creation contains the correct directory).
• The xilinx, bicmos, etc. directories just below cds should be used to store simulation/synthesis run directories (the start up script creates this directory if it does not exist, by default this is the run directory).

Startup configuration file

If you want to further customize your Cadence environment, you can create a .cdsinit file, in which you can place SKILL commands (see the Cadence online documentation). This file is optional.

Running the Design tools

To invoke the Cadence Design Framework II (Composer) environment, use the cds command. There are a number of options to cds, you can run

  cds -help

to get a listing of available options. (e.g. cds -t bicmos )

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