( ESNUG 387 Item 7 ) --------------------------------------------- [01/23/02]

Subject: Get Cadence Dracula To Accept The DFII Database Instead Of GDSII

> I recently modified my existing Dracula rules file to accept DFII database
> instead of GDS2.  I am not able to successfully get it to work.  Pasted
> below is the error message.
>
>   */N* CDSIN43  ( REV. 4.8.03-2000 / SUN-4 S5R4  /GENDATE: 22-MAR-2000/ )
>   */N* EXEC TIME =08:34:20       DATE = 8-JAN-2002     HOSTNAME = faith
>   *INFO: This CDSIN works with 4.3.4/4.3.3 dfII
>   *INFO: Loading dbRead.cxt skillCore.cxt 
>   *Note: Loading would fail and CDSIN would abort if the context version
>          is not compatible.
>   Cannot open LIB dp_mod
>
>   ** ABORT AT ROUTINE : CDSIN43^@      STATEMENT # =  104
>
> I am wondering why CDSIN43 is being used instead of CDSIN44 (my version #
> is 4.4.5).  Also, if the path to the library is /<path>/library, should
> the following variables in the description block be set to.
>
>     1. INDISK = /<path>  
>        LIBRARY = library 
> or
>
>     2. INDISK =/path/library  
>        LIBRARY = library ?
>
> Thanks for your earliest attention.
>
>     - Ashwin Krishnakumar
>       University of Utah


From: andrewb@cadence.com (Andrew Beckett)

Hi Ashwin,

You need to have

                 SYSTEM=CADENCE_44DD

in the description block rather than SYSTEM=CADENCE.  (Check this in the
manual in case my memory is failing me.)

    - Andrew Beckett
      Cadence

         ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----

From: Gopi Bandaru <gbandaru@cadence.com>

Ashwin,

Check the SYSTEM command in the Description block of your Dracula rule
file.  It should be set to 'Cadence_44dd' for reading in dfII 4.4.x data.
If SYSTEM is set to 'Cadence', it will default to 4.3.4 dfII data.

    - Gopi Bandaru
      Cadence


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