gdsreader(1) Utility gdsreader(1)NAMEgdsreader - simple Calma parser/printer tool
SYNTAXgdsreader [-h|--help]
gdsreader [-i|--ifile <filename>] [-H|--hpglfile <filename>]
[-p|--psfile <filename>] [-v|--povfile <filename>] [-c|--configfile
<filename>] [-s|--struct <filename>]
DESCRIPTION
This program produces HPGL, PS, and POVRAY scene files from Calma
(GDS2) files. To do this it requires a configuration file supplied by
the user describing the GDS layers and the preferences as to how they
be drawn.
OPTIONS-h, --help: prints this help text
-H, --hpglfile "file": opens "file" for writing HPGL (defaults to
result.plt)
-p, --psfile "file": opens "file" for writing PostScript (defaults
to result.ps)
-v, --povfile "file": opens "file" for writing POVRAY (defaults to
result.pov)
-i, --ifile "file": opens "file" as the GDSii input file (if not
specified, stdin is used)
-c, --configfile "file": opens "file" as the layers definition file
(defaults to .layers.config)
-s, --struct "sname": "sname" is the top cell to be printed (if not
specified, the names of all structures and layers are written to std‐
out. No PS/HPGL/POV files are generated)
FILES
result.*, *.gds, layers.config
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
NONE No special Environment variables
EXAMPLES
To run this program the standard way type:
gdsreader-i mygdsfile.gds -c mylayers.config
(This would produce result.ps, result.plt, and result.pov)
In the install directory, under doc/gdsreader, there should be a sample
test.gds and layers.config file. The layers.config file should contain
layer descriptions of the form:
[...]
newlayer
gdsno 15
hidden no
name Ndiff
red 0.9
green 0.1
blue 0.9
fill no
hatch no
thickness 0.1
depth -0.02
endlayer
[...]
The depth and thickness parameters are only used for povray output.
AUTHORS
Serban-Mihai Popescu <serbanp@ix.netcom.com>
Peter F. Curran (povray mods) <curran@rpi.edu>
SEE ALSOmaptolayer(1), povray(1)Serban-Mihai Popescu (serbanp@ix.netc0.3.1m) gdsreader(1)
