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GPL Source Code

by anonymous - 25 Mar 2009, 19:34 CET

The source code was available under the downloads page in previous page. How or Where can I download the GPL licensed source code for the newest release?

by Juergen Thies - 26 Mar 2009, 10:11 CET

The GPL licensed source code of the basic version is included in every package.

by anonymous - 28 Dec 2009, 8:10 CET

Where is the source code located?
In the "install" library I could locate some relevant files, but I am not sure what the editable source code would be. In some documentation I could see a reference to "the source code can be extracted from any binary package", but not sure how to do this. Can you please let me know (or maybe I am just overlooking something)?

by Juergen Thies - 28 Dec 2009, 9:48 CET

Press the 'GPL-source'-button in the opening window to unpack the source code.

by anonymous - 28 Dec 2009, 12:06 CET

After installing the new version, I first saw the release notes in the opening window, but now I don't see an opening window at all, it immediately jumps to the program (I have the full version).

by Juergen Thies - 28 Dec 2009, 12:14 CET

The opening window is not shown, if you have a license key. To show it anywhere, start the LayoutEditor with the '-s' option from the command line.

by anonymous - 28 Dec 2009, 14:12 CET

Thanks! This works.

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The LayoutEditor™ is a program to design and edit layouts for MEMS/IC fabrication and CMOS IC design .Designing these layouts require a high precision. In IC design a sufficient resolution and a possibility of a high scaling is required. The resolution of the LayoutEditor can be set in a wide range and is normally set to 1 nano meter. A higher resolution makes no sense due to atomar structures. With this resolution the LayoutEditor can draw elements up to 4 meters. In many IC design houses this is enough for IC/MEMS which extend usually less than 0.1 meters. The productions of MEMS/IC is done in many layers. For each of these physical CAD layers a belonging layer had to exist in the drawing. Additional logical layers are required for describing/naming purpose. So a lot of layers are needed. By default the LayoutEditor is limited to 128 layers. But it can easily be adjusted, if more layers are required. IC Designs often contain a plenty of repeating structures. Essential for micro fabrication of these designs is therefor a hierarchical design. This means, that the complete repeating structure only exists once in a single cell. These cell is then referred multiple times in the main drawing.
Beside the above mems packaging mentioned IC design fundaments it is important to have sophisticated functions to handle all drawing elements. The layout handler has all required functions: all basic design functions, all angle elements, boolean operations, macros, fontgenerator, design rule checker, mems tools, supported format: GDSII, DXF, OASIS, CIF. If you still missing a function, you are free to write a feature request

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