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DREAL(1) ALLIANCE Reference Manual DREAL(1)

NAME

dreal - Graphic real layout viewer

SYNOPSIS

dreal [-l file_name] [-xor] [-debug] [-install] [-force]

ORIGIN

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France.

Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

DESCRIPTION

Dreal is a hierarchical real layout viewer. All functionnalities can be accessed through different menus. Dreal works under Motif and X11r5. When entering Dreal, the main window appears and shows 4 different menus on the top bar.These menus can be entered by simply clicking on the mouse left button. Here is the description of these menus.

File
Open : load an existing cell.
Quit : quit dreal.

View
Zoom : perform zoom in, zoom out, center, fit, refresh on figure.
Layer : select types of layers displayed.
Map : show cursor position in the entire figure.
Arrows : show arrows for moving at the grid step.
Grid : Set the X,Y step of the grid if displayed.

Tools
Flatten : flatten the current figure.
Message : display the last error messages.

Setup
Save or load a user defined configuration of default displayed menus.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

MBK_CATA_LIB
indicates the path to the read only libraries to be used.
MBK_WORK_LIB
indicates the path to the read directory for the session.
RDS_IN
indicates the file format to be used for the cell.
DREAL_TECHNO_NAME (optionnal)
indicates the path to the techno name file used by Dreal.
RDS_TECHNO_NAME (optionnal)
indicates the path to the RDS configuration file used by Dreal.

SEE ALSO

mbk(1), MBK_CATA_LIB(8), RDS_IN(1), RDS_TECHNO_NAME(1)

BUG REPORT

This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

October 1, 1997 ASIM/LIP6