1GRAAL(1) ALLIANCE Reference Manual GRAAL(1)
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6 graal - symbolic layout editor
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9 graal [-l file_name] [-scale n] [-debug] [-xor] [-install]
10 [-force]
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14 This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM
15 team at LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris,
16 France.
17 Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
19 E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr
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22 Graal is a hierarchical symbolic layout editor. All functionnalities
23 can be accessed through different menus. Among them exists a design
24 rule checker performing verifications inside a user defined window.
25 Graal works under Motif and X11r6. When entering Graal, the main win‐
26 dow appears and shows 7 different menus on the top bar.These menus can
27 be entered by simply clicking on the mouse left button. The main win‐
28 dow is sensitive to the mouse, and the mouse wheel can be used for
29 scrolling up and down, left and right when <Shift> is pressed during
30 wheel movement, and zooming in and out, when <Ctrl> is pressed while
31 turning the wheel.
32 Below is given the description of graal's menus.
34 File New : clean the entire window and save the current cell.
37 Open : load an already existing cell.
38 Save : save the current cell.
39 Save as : rename and save the current cell.
40 Quit : quit graal.
41 Edit Undo : undo the previous action.
44 Copy : copy a selected object.
45 Move : move a selected object.
46 Delete : delete a selected object.
47 Stretch : strech a selected object (transistor or segment
48 length).
49 Modify : modify the caracteristics of an object (name, width,
50 etc...).
51 Identify : identify a selected object.
52 Search : search an object according to its type.
53 Window This menu allows user to perform the same actions than the
56 previous menu Edit, not on an object but on a group of
57 objects belonging to a defined window.The two opposite corner
58 of the window are set by clicking on the mouse left button.
59 Create Instance : add a new instance in the current cell.
62 Abutmentbox : define the abutment box of the current cell.
63 Segment : add segments.
64 Via : add vias or contacts.
65 Connector : add connectors.
66 Transistor : add transistors.
67 Reference : add references.
68 View Zoom : perform zoom in, zoom out, center, fit, refresh on
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72 Layer : select types of layers displayed.
73 Map : show cursor position in the entire figure.
74 Arrows : show arrows for moving at the grid step.
75 Grid : Set the X,Y step of the grid if displayed.
76 Tools Equi : highlight all objects electrically connected to a
79 given object.
80 Flat : virtual hierarchy flattening of an instance (display
81 all visible objects inside a given instance).
82 UnFlat : undo the virtual flattening of an instance (done
83 before with the Flat command)
84 Peek : virtual hierarchy flattening (display all visible
85 objects inside a given window).
86 UnPeek : undo the virtual flattening of a window (done before
87 with the Peek command)
88 Druc : call the design rule checker in a given window.
89 RealFlat : real hierarchy flattening of instances included in
90 a window (this command can not be undone, and should be used
91 very carefully)
92 Hierarchy : navigate into the current figure hierarchy
93 Load Error : load a real layout file and superpose it to the
94 current figure.
95 Message : display the last error messages
96 Setup Save or load a user defined configuration of default dis‐
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104 MBK_CATA_LIB
105 indicates the path to the read only libraries to be used.
106 MBK_WORK_LIB
108 indicates the path to the read/write directory for the session.
109 MBK_IN_PH
111 indicates the file format to be used for the leaf cells.
112 MBK_OUT_PH
114 indicates the file format to be used for the generated figures.
115 GRAAL_TECHNO_NAME (optional)
117 indicates the path to the techno name file used by Graal.
118 RDS_TECHNO_NAME (optional)
120 indicates the path to the RDS configuration file used by Graal.
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124 mbk(1), MBK_CATA_LIB(1), MBK_IN_PH(1), MBK_OUT_PH(1),
125 RDS_TECHNO_NAME(1)
126ASIM/LIP6 October 1, 1997 GRAAL(1)