Support Forum

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3 posts
Friday 26th May 2023 How to increase the number of points for ring shape

3 posts
Monday 22nd May 2023 Constant crash without error message

3 posts
Monday 22nd May 2023 Layout manager settings with file itself

2 posts
Friday 12th May 2023 Autorouting between shapes in LayoutEditor (licensed version)

4 posts
Wednesday 26th April 2023 Joining separate sections after boolean operation

2 posts
Friday 21st April 2023 Drawing vias in Layout Editor

2 posts
Friday 14th April 2023 Layer numbers with DXF format

2 posts
Sunday 19th March 2023 Execution of python script

2 posts
Thursday 16th March 2023 Cell Hierarchy Window

6 posts
Thursday 9th March 2023 ImportError: dynamic module does not define module export function (PyInit_LayoutScript)

2 posts
Monday 6th March 2023 How can i create a comb drive using python script?

2 posts
Friday 3rd March 2023 removeOverlap() does not exist

2 posts
Friday 24th February 2023 how to change dataunit

2 posts
Thursday 23rd February 2023 1 Aborted. File is not writable.

2 posts
Wednesday 22nd February 2023 How to change a layer where many patterns are written to a different layer in an easy way?

2 posts
Tuesday 21st February 2023 How to use the 4th comand in Cellarray ?

4 posts
Tuesday 21st February 2023 How to duplicate an existing cell

10 posts
Wednesday 22nd February 2023 How to extract the netlist from the layout

6 posts
Thursday 9th February 2023 Question getting X-FAB libraries to work with OpenAccess

5 posts
Thursday 2nd February 2023 python macros don't work at all

3 posts
Thursday 26th January 2023 LEF export: PATH versus POLYGON

5 posts
Tuesday 24th January 2023 Open GDS, save as LEF

5 posts
Wednesday 25th January 2023 How to know minimum grid scale out of all points in a written gds?

3 posts
Monday 23rd January 2023 How to align(or adjust) polygon of character made by text tool on a specific grid size?

2 posts
Thursday 29th December 2022 Abort an operation?

2 posts
Thursday 22nd December 2022 Text phont

2 posts
Thursday 17th November 2022 Cannot open the application via START.bat

3 posts
Saturday 8th October 2022 Ungrouping a cell

2 posts
Sunday 2nd October 2022 Building structures with multiple cells

2 posts
Wednesday 14th September 2022 Do we have Scaling command?

4 posts
Wednesday 14th September 2022 How to change all cells in a file to polygons by one action?

3 posts
Monday 12th September 2022 Drawing with circles in Layout window

5 posts
Tuesday 13th September 2022 Start up problem with error message: "Proxy query URL too long for windows API, try with truncated URL"

2 posts
Friday 2nd September 2022 Does saving a file make it larger?

3 posts
Thursday 8th September 2022 Zooming in on Background image in Layout Editor (MacOs)

5 posts
Friday 26th August 2022 Fill tool

3 posts
Saturday 6th August 2022 How to revise GDS file made by layout editor when display error happens in oping the file by GDSⅡ Viewer?

2 posts
Thursday 4th August 2022 What is the default color of layer0?

2 posts
Tuesday 2nd August 2022 How to change the color of background?

4 posts
Monday 25th July 2022 How to check component cells in a cell

2 posts
Saturday 23rd July 2022 What is the minimum size to draw?

9 posts
Wednesday 27th July 2022 Cut command in a macro causes different results

8 posts
Tuesday 19th July 2022 How to reduce file size when using boolean on layer

4 posts
Friday 15th July 2022 Is is possible to use Boolean tool for repetitive shapes?

3 posts
Monday 11th July 2022 Hierarchy of gds

4 posts
Monday 11th July 2022 Skywater 130 PDK transistor lib support (sky130_fd_pr)

2 posts
Saturday 9th July 2022 Convert LEF/DEF files to DSN File format

6 posts
Tuesday 5th July 2022 RTL to GDS for X-Fab Problem

3 posts
Thursday 30th June 2022 Path automatically converts to polygon

3 posts
Thursday 30th June 2022 Rotation 90° (Python Script)

4 posts
Thursday 30th June 2022 Create a new cell in an existing GDS (Python Script)

7 posts
Wednesday 27th July 2022 Place Refereces of cells in a big cell based on coordinates from a TXT file

3 posts
Wednesday 8th June 2022 version `GLIBC_2.34' not found

2 posts
Wednesday 18th May 2022 How to know window size?(I prefer automatic method)

2 posts
Saturday 14th May 2022 LayoutEditor - image of default keyboard shortcuts ?

3 posts
Sunday 15th May 2022 DXF import error

5 posts
Tuesday 10th May 2022 Create circular pattern of a cell (object)

5 posts
Thursday 28th April 2022 Python package missing with Ubuntu 22.04

2 posts
Monday 18th April 2022 Minimum resolution for 300mm wafer

2 posts
Wednesday 13th April 2022 Open multiple instances of layouteditor fro file

2 posts
Monday 28th March 2022 GDS to def.

5 posts
Sunday 29th May 2022 Native for Apple M-series?

2 posts
Friday 25th March 2022 Ignore Net

4 posts
Friday 25th March 2022 Layout Editor crashes when opening any GDS file

2 posts
Sunday 27th February 2022 Can I connect portions of these bundles together?

2 posts
Wednesday 9th February 2022 Reload LayourEditor after computer format

3 posts
Tuesday 1st February 2022 Updating the spice model for a component

3 posts
Sunday 23rd January 2022 "Layout versus Loaded Netlist" errors that I cannot resolve

2 posts
Friday 21st January 2022 Fedora 35

4 posts
Friday 14th January 2022 How do you reverse a path on the fly

6 posts
Wednesday 12th January 2022 Setting "user units" via macro

3 posts
Tuesday 11th January 2022 How to Overlay Layers

2 posts
Wednesday 22nd December 2021 Physical Design Kits (PDK) using OpenAccess for the LayoutEditor

4 posts
Saturday 11th December 2021 Unable to resolve an LVS error

3 posts
Saturday 11th December 2021 Problem using layers::technologyLayerSetParameter(int layer,int parnum,int value)

3 posts
Friday 10th December 2021 Increasing layers::layerMax()

3 posts
Friday 3rd December 2021 Problems labeling nodes for extraction

3 posts
Thursday 2nd December 2021 Can't get a vectored port to netlist out correctly

3 posts
Thursday 18th November 2021 Layer name too big

5 posts
Wednesday 10th November 2021 How to change text size?

4 posts
Tuesday 9th November 2021 cell flat

6 posts
Wednesday 27th October 2021 How to import LT-Spice library

4 posts
Saturday 16th October 2021 Pin names change when imported from Virtuoso data

2 posts
Thursday 14th October 2021 Does the schematic editor support vectored devices?

3 posts
Friday 15th October 2021 How to export OpenAccess format

3 posts
Tuesday 5th October 2021 How can I get the cellname for an sElement?

5 posts
Monday 4th October 2021 Ubuntu 20.04 install error (libQt5Core.so.5)

2 posts
Saturday 11th September 2021 Autorouting for MEMS

3 posts
Thursday 9th September 2021 Regarding the displayed cell settings

4 posts
Friday 16th July 2021 Layers on Skywater PDK

3 posts
Monday 28th June 2021 Interrupting DRC calculation (Density Check)

2 posts
Sunday 27th June 2021 Mouse Coordinates Display

2 posts
Saturday 19th June 2021 Problems when converting drawings of dxf extensions to GDS extensions

7 posts
Sunday 13th June 2021 How to copy cell from gds file to another gds file?

5 posts
Sunday 6th June 2021 How to import layer properties from cadence technology file to LayoutEditor

2 posts
Friday 4th June 2021 Executing Macro "change unit" (D:/layout Editor/autostart_A3.layout)

4 posts
Monday 17th May 2021 DRC questions

5 posts
Friday 21st May 2021 OA libraries and parametric cells

2 posts
Thursday 13th May 2021 Logging into the support forums

3 posts
Monday 17th May 2021 Polygon problem

18 posts
Saturday 15th May 2021 Is there a way to import layer color and fill patterns?

2 posts
Monday 19th April 2021 Cell Array with continuously varying parameter

5 posts
Monday 19th April 2021 Complex conditions for Components Layout

8 posts
Tuesday 30th March 2021 Using NGSpice ngspice34_64

3 posts
Friday 19th March 2021 Tar-Install as non-root on Linux

2 posts
Friday 19th March 2021 centering design

5 posts
Friday 30th April 2021 Python Scripting with External Editor

3 posts
Monday 8th February 2021 About the installation of layout editor and Pycell

2 posts
Sunday 31st January 2021 Macro command for Set Node Mode and Move Edge

2 posts
Sunday 31st January 2021 Copying multiple times

4 posts
Wednesday 3rd February 2021 Cell list view / export

2 posts
Thursday 28th January 2021 Adding macro to menu

4 posts
Wednesday 20th January 2021 DRC question

3 posts
Wednesday 20th January 2021 Select Cell question

4 posts
Wednesday 20th January 2021 Move dialog

2 posts
Sunday 10th January 2021 Creating array with different layers

7 posts
Wednesday 6th January 2021 setup of X-Fab PDK to avoid tcl errors while opening the schematic from dialog box in layouteditor

3 posts
Wednesday 16th December 2020 Maximum zoom in setting?

4 posts
Monday 7th December 2020 Automatic creation of Chip ID on the layout

2 posts
Saturday 5th December 2020 Rotating a box using python scripting

2 posts
Sunday 29th November 2020 Installation on Windows 10 64 bit issues

2 posts
Tuesday 17th November 2020 License extension

2 posts
Tuesday 10th November 2020 layout editor forcibly quiting

2 posts
Tuesday 10th November 2020 Ubuntu 20.04 fresh install errors

2 posts
Sunday 18th October 2020 getting error while instantiating anything in layout while placing in schematic from PRIMS_LIB. Layout not coming and showing error

4 posts
Sunday 27th December 2020 Skywater SKY130 Open PDKs

4 posts
Tuesday 13th October 2020 how to load xfab pdk in layouteditor

3 posts
Wednesday 7th October 2020 Window freezes after trying to load background image

7 posts
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 Exporting gds file as OASIS

9 posts
Monday 5th October 2020 Layout Editor not able to install in CentOS 7

2 posts
Wednesday 30th September 2020 Keyboard shortcuts work only intermittently on Mac version

2 posts
Tuesday 22nd September 2020 How to change origin coordination?

3 posts
Friday 18th September 2020 SchematicEditor crashes when opening a OA schematic

4 posts
Monday 12th October 2020 Liboaplugin version issue

3 posts
Thursday 27th August 2020 Possible import bug

2 posts
Tuesday 25th August 2020 Remove license key from all systems

4 posts
Tuesday 28th July 2020 Layer name not saved with GDS file

3 posts
Monday 13th July 2020 How to change the drawn feature's scale?

26 posts
Monday 6th July 2020 Bulding of coding disc

4 posts
Monday 29th June 2020 Flat and Group

3 posts
Friday 26th June 2020 Boolean Operation to join two sells A+B with delete A,B

2 posts
Monday 22nd June 2020 3D Window not created on CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core), latest patch level

6 posts
Monday 29th June 2020 Creating a output file

2 posts
Thursday 4th June 2020 Data volume limitation for boolean operation

2 posts
Friday 29th May 2020 3D Setting

2 posts
Thursday 28th May 2020 Data conversion from gds file to Mebes file

1 posts
Wednesday 27th May 2020 Calculating inductance of flat PCB spiral coils in various configurations

2 posts
Tuesday 19th May 2020 How to copy and move a special pattern on a layer?

6 posts
Tuesday 19th May 2020 Printing out dimensions in Layout Editor

5 posts
Monday 13th July 2020 Installation problem with 'GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /opt/layout/bin/layout) in Ubuntu

5 posts
Friday 3rd April 2020 where to find files that process files of some format?

9 posts
Wednesday 18th March 2020 How to Edit-In-Place, if cannot hi-light by mouse hovering

3 posts
Wednesday 4th March 2020 EDIF Format

2 posts
Monday 24th February 2020 Can't open the Command Line window

2 posts
Friday 21st February 2020 Old version installed locally - no background image option

2 posts
Tuesday 18th February 2020 Debug polygonArc() - how to printf?

2 posts
Tuesday 11th February 2020 Import bitmaps - "Grey Scale with Dithering"

7 posts
Tuesday 13th October 2020 Combined mouse and command line commands?

2 posts
Tuesday 4th February 2020 How to delete all sub cells?

2 posts
Tuesday 4th February 2020 Clear layers to default

3 posts
Tuesday 4th February 2020 Unable to save files

2 posts
Monday 3rd February 2020 How to copy a cell from one layout to another?

3 posts
Friday 29th May 2020 All layers not seen simultaneously

2 posts
Monday 16th December 2019 shortcuts for macros

2 posts
Tuesday 10th December 2019 How to draw an ellipse using the Circle / Ellipse (Ctrl + E) Command

4 posts
Tuesday 10th December 2019 Schematic to layout to 3D view using OpenCell library

6 posts
Friday 6th December 2019 Scripting in python

4 posts
Thursday 28th November 2019 Convert to Polygon on Save

5 posts
Wednesday 6th November 2019 Boolean Operations on large numbers of Polygons

6 posts
Monday 30th September 2019 How is "number of points" in a circle generated?

2 posts
Tuesday 3rd September 2019 FindPage of Layout Editor doesn't work anymore?

2 posts
Monday 26th August 2019 Area calculation in a macro

2 posts
Tuesday 20th August 2019 Open GDS with a double click in the Windwos file manager

5 posts
Friday 10th January 2020 Scripting LayoutEditor in Python with PyCharm on a Windows 10 machine

2 posts
Tuesday 13th August 2019 Macro Question: header files?

3 posts
Monday 15th July 2019 Installation problem with QT on Ubuntu 18.04

2 posts
Thursday 4th July 2019 Image Transfer

2 posts
Monday 1st July 2019 Recover unsaved work

2 posts
Friday 21st June 2019 Programatically setting the width of a Path

2 posts
Wednesday 19th June 2019 Edit-in-place coordinates

3 posts
Thursday 13th June 2019 Integer-width paths end up with coordinates off-grid

4 posts
Friday 14th June 2019 Boolean operation creates "too large" file size for Free version

4 posts
Friday 7th June 2019 Origin Marker and Text Sizes

8 posts
Tuesday 11th June 2019 Question about using FreeRoute with KiCAD files

2 posts
Tuesday 28th May 2019 Shortkeys - how to change assignments?

14 posts
Friday 14th June 2019 Difficulty with Cutting Shapes

3 posts
Thursday 6th June 2019 Select filters

2 posts
Thursday 16th May 2019 What is the macro command of "Modify Corners" and how to use it?

5 posts
Thursday 30th May 2019 Stretching shapes by partial selection

4 posts
Tuesday 4th June 2019 Cutting shapes

8 posts
Sunday 9th June 2019 Snap setting in layout

2 posts
Monday 13th May 2019 Making a macro invoke another macro

2 posts
Monday 13th May 2019 Project Initialization and layouteditor startup

6 posts
Monday 13th May 2019 Selected items cannot be deleted by deleteSelect() function!

2 posts
Monday 6th May 2019 What is the equivalent macro of the "Attach" command?

5 posts
Sunday 5th May 2019 Schematics, wire auto-join / "healing"

6 posts
Monday 24th June 2019 Schematics, Text Sizes

7 posts
Tuesday 7th May 2019 PyCell

10 posts
Tuesday 21st May 2019 fSelect( ) function doesn't select the correct box

4 posts
Saturday 4th May 2019 Texts do not scale with zoom in / out

4 posts
Saturday 4th May 2019 Schematic Editor - Creating my own libraries

3 posts
Tuesday 30th April 2019 Tutorials and Videos

3 posts
Wednesday 24th April 2019 Install full license for all users on one computer

4 posts
Friday 12th April 2019 Layout design with an external generated netlist?

8 posts
Saturday 4th May 2019 Problem with our e-beam system

4 posts
Wednesday 10th April 2019 Display cell names and their boundaries only

3 posts
Wednesday 10th April 2019 Command prompt window

2 posts
Tuesday 9th April 2019 Error 2803 when installing new version of LayoutEditor 20190401

5 posts
Thursday 4th April 2019 Reopen the Layers and Help Sub-Windows

7 posts
Thursday 4th April 2019 Maximum Physical Design Size and Database Units

6 posts
Thursday 30th May 2019 Approximating a Circle with Polygons

2 posts
Thursday 21st March 2019 Installing the LayoutEditor on drive d:

5 posts
Monday 25th March 2019 Problem with toPolygonSelect and Python API

6 posts
Sunday 3rd March 2019 Adjust Pop-up Window Size

2 posts
Monday 10th June 2019 Watermark in the free version

2 posts
Sunday 24th February 2019 Reduced Version of the LayoutEditor

2 posts
Sunday 24th February 2019 Technology-specific DRC

2 posts
Sunday 24th February 2019 Customize DRC

2 posts
Sunday 24th February 2019 List of macro commands

4 posts
Thursday 17th January 2019 Using boolean on arrays

2 posts
Wednesday 9th January 2019 Layout editor shutting down when opening a .dxf file

4 posts
Tuesday 8th January 2019 Selecting multiple objects and changing them all to one layer

4 posts
Tuesday 30th April 2019 Layer number

2 posts
Wednesday 12th December 2018 Size of an object

6 posts
Sunday 9th December 2018 Create a size gradient for a large number (]400) of single objects

2 posts
Friday 7th December 2018 Array of components in the SchematicEditor

4 posts
Thursday 6th December 2018 How to draw a 5 star polygon

4 posts
Thursday 6th December 2018 How to change the icon size

3 posts
Thursday 30th May 2019 File Size Limitation in the Free Version

2 posts
Sunday 2nd December 2018 site license for LayoutEditor

2 posts
Wednesday 7th November 2018 adjusting text size/line height

9 posts
Friday 2nd November 2018 Debug in macro scripts

2 posts
Friday 26th October 2018 transfering the license key on a new system

13 posts
Monday 29th October 2018 Use Python LayoutScript from external editor

6 posts
Thursday 3rd September 2020 How to return to GDSII from LEC file?

2 posts
Sunday 14th October 2018 Macro headers and system variables in Windows

4 posts
Tuesday 30th April 2019 I have been looking at the "Library Manager" and it appears ...

9 posts
Saturday 13th October 2018 Technology setup,errata / issues, Win10 current release

2 posts
Thursday 4th October 2018 convert a CIF file into a GDS file

2 posts
Monday 24th September 2018 since 20012 I have a 'reduced' license of the LayoutEditor. ...

3 posts
Monday 24th September 2018 I am using 20160425 release of the LayoutEditor on a Ubuntu ...

4 posts
Saturday 8th September 2018 setZoomMode() method

5 posts
Sunday 23rd September 2018 Display all cells in a hierarchical list dialog

4 posts
Saturday 8th September 2018 Select cells using cSelect()

4 posts
Thursday 11th October 2018 How to import technology files?

2 posts
Tuesday 14th August 2018 How to get a quote for a LayoutEditor license?

2 posts
Monday 6th August 2018 Functionality reduced with latest update?

3 posts
Friday 3rd August 2018 Selecting stacked items on page

2 posts
Sunday 29th July 2018 passing arrays to a user defined function

2 posts
Sunday 29th July 2018 Initialize an array at declaration

2 posts
Tuesday 24th July 2018 cropWithSelection and punchWithSelection commands

4 posts
Wednesday 25th July 2018 Opening a file with an older version of layout editor

2 posts
Tuesday 17th July 2018 Site License for the LayoutEditor

2 posts
Wednesday 11th July 2018 Deleting permanent rulers

4 posts
Friday 6th July 2018 How to extract the center of polygons by a macro?

4 posts
Tuesday 17th July 2018 Problem opening a DXF file

9 posts
Tuesday 30th April 2019 Generate Technology File

2 posts
Tuesday 19th June 2018 Syntax issue with LayoutScript for Python

4 posts
Friday 5th April 2019 Using DWG with LayoutEditor

2 posts
Sunday 17th June 2018 Issues when importing DXF

3 posts
Tuesday 26th June 2018 LayoutEditor license is locked

2 posts
Tuesday 17th July 2018 How big of a file (gds, oas) can LayoutEditor handle on a typical workstation?

4 posts
Tuesday 17th July 2018 How can I create a square containing a circle

12 posts
Thursday 31st May 2018 Problem in running python script(Layout Editor)

2 posts
Wednesday 23rd May 2018 Problem with FastHenry

2 posts
Wednesday 4th November 2020 New Release of the LayoutEditor

2 posts
Tuesday 17th July 2018 Problem with Boolean Operation

4 posts
Wednesday 12th December 2018 Node-locked file

1 posts
Thursday 17th May 2018 Welcome to the new Support Forum