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To debug, you will need a layout viewer. I prefer to use Glade
on my Mac, but you can also use Calibre, Magic, etc.
1. Calibre
1. Klayout
You can view the designs in [Klayout](https://www.klayout.de/) with the configuration
file provided in the tech directories. For example,
```
klayout temp.gds -l /home/vagrant/openram/technology/freepdk45/tf/FreePDK45.lyp
```
2. Calibre
Start the Calibre DESIGNrev viewer in the temp directory and load your GDS file:
```
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In the viewer ">" opens the layout down a level.
2. Glade
3. Glade
You can view errors in Glade as well. I like this because it is on my laptop.
You can get it from: http://www.peardrop.co.uk/glade/
You can view errors in [Glade](http://www.peardrop.co.uk/glade/) as well.
To remote display over X windows, you need to disable OpenGL acceleration or use vnc
or something. You can disable by adding this to your .bashrc in bash:
@ -82,16 +89,16 @@ ui().importCds("default",
To load the errors, you simply do Verify->Import Calibre Errors select
the .results file from Calibre.
3. Magic
4. Magic
Magic is only supported in SCMOS. You will need to install the MOSIS SCMOS rules
and Magic from: http://opencircuitdesign.com/
and [Magic](http://opencircuitdesign.com/)
When running DRC or extraction, OpenRAM will load the GDS file, save
the .ext/.mag files, and export an extracted netlist (.spice).
4. It is possible to use other viewers as well, such as:
* LayoutEditor http://www.layouteditor.net/
5. It is possible to use other viewers as well, such as:
* [LayoutEditor](http://www.layouteditor.net/)
# Example to output/input .gds layout files from/to Cadence

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# Basic Setup
## Docker Image
We have a pre-configured Ubuntu [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) image
available that has all tools installed for the [SCMOS] process. It is
available at [docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/vlsida/openram-ubuntu).
Please see
[our README.md](https://github.com/VLSIDA/openram-docker-images/blob/master/README.md)
for information on how to use this docker image.
## Dependencies
The OpenRAM compiler has very few dependencies:
@ -88,6 +79,23 @@ You may get the entire [FreePDK45 PDK here][FreePDK45].
If you are using [SCMOS], you should install [Magic] and [Netgen].
We have included the most recent SCN4M_SUBM design rules from [Qflow].
## Docker Image
We have a pre-configured Ubuntu [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) image
available that has all tools installed for the [SCMOS] process. It is
available at [docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/vlsida/openram-ubuntu).
Please see
[our README.md](https://github.com/VLSIDA/openram-docker-images/blob/master/README.md)
for information on how to use this docker image.
## Vagrant Image
We have a pre-configured Ubuntu [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) image
available that has all tools installed for the [SCMOS] process.
Please see
[our README.md](https://github.com/VLSIDA/openram-vagrant-image/blob/master/README.md)
for information on how to use this image.
# Basic Usage
Once you have defined the environment, you can run OpenRAM from the command line