[Xcircuit-dev] Cadence DFII to XCircuit translator

[Svenn Are Bjerkem]

On Saturday 20 May 2006 22:03, Satya Narayan Mishra wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has attempted a Cadence DFII to XCircuit
> schematic translator. From a cursory glance, it seems rather easy to
> do. Here are the steps for the translation:
>
> 1. dump the DFII schematic using dbWriteSkill
> 2. read this schematic in a Skill/TCL program and emit XCircuit TCL
> 3. Load this XCircuit TCL script into XCircuit.
>
> If anyone can find faults in this approach, I would like to hear about
> it.

I think it is the best way currently as the other possible ways, via EDIF or 
translate skill to xcircuit postscript is more work.

I have not seen EDIF used seriously for any reason during my work. I know it 
exists and that most EDA vendors have different opinion on what EDIF does. 
You need a license on EDIF import into Cadence, I thing