Cadence Online Documentation Tutorial

 

Cadence has a very useful online documentation system known as cdsdoc. Students are advised to familiarize themselves with this as it is very useful for finding out the solutions to the problem that one might face while using Cadence tools.

 

  1. To check if cdsdoc is configured properly. On command prompt type

%which cdsdoc

/usr/usc/cadence/2005/IC5033/tools/bin/cdsdoc

 

  1. Make sure that you have some internet browser like Netscape or Firefox properly installed in your account. You can check it by typing the following command on command prompt

%which netscape

/usr/usc/bin/netscape

%which firefox

/usr/usc/bin/firefox

 

In case it does not show the path please contact ISD(Call x05555).

 

  1. Open cdsdoc using

%cdsdoc

 

 

  1. General structure of cadence documentation.

For each tool there are three type of documentation available

    1. Known Problems and solutions: This document contains the solutions to some bugs identified by Cadence.
    2.  Manual: This document contains the user guide for all the tools and tutorial for some of them.
    3. Release Notes: This document tells the new features added to this cadence version which is different from the previous versions.

 

  1. To open a manual on Cadence Schematic Editor

Virtuoso Composer -> Virtuoso Composer Schematic User Guide

 

The manual which is in html format will open up in an internet browser such as netscape or firefox.

 

 

In case of any bug or comment please email to pgolani@usc.edu or pabeerel@usc.edu

 

 

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