A freeware GLADE as an IC layout editor

It’s the first time, I’m writing about a freeware. But even though it is not opensource, this freeware does have interesting features which Toped developers are working on for Toped.

Glade is capable of reading GDS2, OASIS, LEF and DEF. Some of its features are;

Since Glade being just a freeware and not opensource, it will not be available under the Free Electronic Lab(FEL) umbrella, the user is ought to download it from the developer’s website and execute the following commands manually.

$ export GLADE_HOME=`pwd`
$ export PATH="$PATH:$GLADE_HOME/bin"
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$GLADE_HOME/lib"

Since Glade was not compiled under a FEL compatible repository, it crashes frequently. In either case, I would also recommend FEL users to use toped 

# yum install toped

or magic

# yum install magic

as they are tested and deeply rooted into FEL’s proposed design flows.


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