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gdsreader(1)                        Utility                       gdsreader(1)

NAME
       gdsreader - simple Calma parser/printer tool

SYNTAX
       gdsreader [-h|--help]

       gdsreader [-i|--ifile <filename>]  [-H|--hpglfile <filename>]
       [-p|--psfile <filename>] [-v|--povfile <filename>] [-c|--configfile
       <filename>] [-s|--struct <filename>]

DESCRIPTION
       This program produces HPGL, PS, and POVRAY scene files from Calma
       (GDS2) files.  To do this it requires a configuration file  supplied by
       the user describing the GDS layers and the preferences as to how they
       be drawn.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help:              prints this help text

       -H, --hpglfile "file":   opens "file" for writing HPGL (defaults to
       result.plt)

       -p, --psfile "file":     opens "file" for writing PostScript (defaults
       to result.ps)

       -v, --povfile "file":     opens "file" for writing POVRAY (defaults to
       result.pov)

       -i, --ifile "file":      opens "file" as the GDSii input file (if not
       specified, stdin is used)

       -c, --configfile "file": opens "file" as the layers definition file
       (defaults to .layers.config)

       -s, --struct "sname":    "sname" is the top cell to be printed (if not
       specified, the names of all structures and layers are written to
       stdout.  No PS/HPGL/POV files are generated)

FILES
       result.*, *.gds, layers.config

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       NONE No special Environment variables

EXAMPLES
       To run this program the standard way type:

       gdsreader -i mygdsfile.gds -c mylayers.config

       (This would produce result.ps, result.plt, and result.pov)

       In the install directory, under doc/gdsreader, there should be a sample
       test.gds and layers.config file.  The layers.config file should contain
       layer descriptions of the form:

       [...]
       newlayer
         gdsno 15
         hidden no
         name Ndiff
         red 0.9
         green 0.1
         blue 0.9
         fill no
         hatch no
         thickness 0.1
         depth -0.02
       endlayer
       [...]

       The depth and thickness parameters are only used for povray output.

AUTHORS
       Serban-Mihai Popescu <serbanp@ix.netcom.com>
       Peter F. Curran (povray mods) <curran@rpi.edu>

SEE ALSO
       maptolayer(1), povray(1)

Serban-Mihai Popescu (serbanp@ix.netcom.com)
                                     0.3.1                        gdsreader(1)