This function creates a new .gds file and returns a file handle that can be used with the other GdsWriter functions to write the file. The default database units are in 0.1nm and the user units are microns. The GDSII export function works as a group of commands, shown below as an example. For more information, please see GDSII - Import and export .
Syntax |
Description |
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f = gdsopen("filename", "userUnit", "dataBaseUnit") |
Opens a .gds file in the current directory, specifies the size of user units and size of the GDSII file units. f is a file handle to open the GDSII file. |
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
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filename |
string |
name of the GDSII file to export, may also contain a file path. |
userUnit |
number |
size of user units in GDSII file units. |
databaseUnit |
number |
size of the GDSII file units in meters. |
Example
This shows an example to export some simple structures to GDSII format via script code
f=gdsopen('GDS_export.gds'); # create a .gds file to write code. If the file exits, it will be overwritten. gdsbegincell(f,'cell_1');# create a cell named "cell_1" gdsaddcircle(f, 5, 0, 0, 1.5e-6);# add a circle gdsendcell(f);# finish "cell_1" gdsbegincell(f,'cell_2');# create another cell gdsaddpoly(f, 5, [0,0; 1.5,0; 1.2,1.3]*1e-6);# add a polygon gdsaddcircle(f, 5, -3e-6, -3e-6, 1.5e-6);# add a circle gdsaddrect(f, 5, -3e-6, 3e-6, 1e-6, 2e-6);# add a rectangle gdsaddref(f, 'cell_1', 3e-6, -3e-6); # reference a structure from "cell_1" gdsendcell(f);# finish the current cell gdsclose(f);# close the current .gds file gdsimport('GDS_export.gds','cell_1', 5); # show the exported design in a layout environment
An example of script code is available on the webpage.
See Also
gdsclose , gdsbegincell , gdsendcell , gdsaddpoly , gdsaddcircle , gdsaddrect , gdsimport , gdsaddref , gdsaddpath , gdsaddtext