yesterday's commit to allow the syntax "gds maskhints <types>", in
which mask hints can be restricted to a specific list of layers
rather than all layers which define mask hints in the cifoutput
rule.
"gds datestamp <value>" as an option to force a specific datestamp
on the GDS output. This is a third option beyond the previous two
which were either to use the current time or to write zero. The
new option allows an entire library to get a common timestamp, for
example, related to a PDK version number. The "gds nodatestamp"
option has been retained for backwards compatibility.
in a cell to account for the difference between what's in an input
GDS file and what magic would write out itself from the processed
data. This potentially allows library cells to be read in that
will generate the equivalent mask data as output without resorting
to using GDS file references as properties. The method is activated
with the new command option "gds maskhints on" and the default is
off.
in which if a cell is read from GDS that has the same name as a cell
in memory, then the cell in memory is renamed to keep all cell names
unique in the database.
to stop the search whenever a cell is not found. Used this to implement
a new option for GDS writes, "gds undefined allow|disallow" (default
"disallow") controls whether or not GDS with undefined references will
be allowed to be written. Similarly affects CIF and LEF writes, extraction,
and DRC (when running "drc check" from the top).
of input cells on a per-cellname basis, using glob-style pattern
matching. This is probably the best way to deal with 3rd-party vendor
GDS with unfortunate practices like dividing devices up among cells in
a hierarchy, even though it comes across as a bit of a hack solution.
true, this will force the "gds write" command to write out creation
date stamps as zero. This is very useful for avoiding changing the
contents of an otherwise-unchanged layout, especially if it is in
a git repository where it will force the entire file to be replaced.
to allow a "gds read" command to ignore cells in the GDS which already
exist in memory. This allows magic to be "pre-seeded" with specific
views of cells in the GDS. Default is false, which is backwards-
compatble behavior. (2) Changed the behavior of the the way the use
path is written to and read from a .mag file, checking the path prefix
against Tcl variables PDK_PATH, PDKPATH, PDK_ROOT, and PDKROOT, and
replacing any such leading path component with the variable name.
On reading a .mag file, any variable name at the start of the path
that matches a Tcl variable will be substituted.
from "gds polygon subcell". Previously both polygons and paths
were put into subcells named polygonXXXXX (substitute numbers
for XXXXX). Now polygons go into cells named polygonXXXXX and
paths go into cells named pathXXXXX. This makes it easier to
keep track of the original path. NOTE: The path centerline
should be kept as a cell property in this case, and the path
options like endcap style can also be held as properties. The
polygon boundary should be treated similarly.
Tim Edwards