ASM3500 Frequently Asked Questions

Drawing Design Rules
A short tutorial on the proper AutoCAD drawing procedures to insure good results when translating to GDSII. [HTML]   PDF Version

Design Rules for Optical Components
Describes CAD related problems and solutions when desigining optical components and converting to GDSII and MEBES.

GDSII to DXF in Batch Mode on Windows
Describes how to bypass the GUI and run the gds2dxf translation engine in batch mode from a script or another program.

DXF to GDSII in Batch Mode on Windows
Describes how to bypass the GUI and run the dxf2gds translation engine in batch mode from a script or another program. List of required executable files ...

GDSII to DXF in Batch Mode on UNIX
Describes how to bypass the GUI and run the gds2dxf translation engine in batch mode from a script or another program.

DXF to GDSII in Batch Mode on UNIX
Describes how to bypass the GUI and run the dxf2gds translation engine in batch mode from a script or another program.

Tanner L-Edit Interface
Describes a new L-Edit UPI macro that enables the designer using L-Edit to directly import and export DXF.
File Size Issues in AutoCAD
Sometimes large GDSII files when translated to DXF and loaded into AutoCAD will cause the program to crash or stop responding. This page describes the best way to reduce file size using Artwork's GDSFILT program prior to translation.
Unable to write a dup file
What does the error: " Unable to write a dup file" mean when running GDS2DXF?

ASM3500 Polygon De-embedding
Shows how to use ASM 3500's polygon de-embedding feature to produce a correct GDSII mask layout when the AutoCAD was not drawn correctly.

Running DXF to GDSII Windows
Shows how to run the DXF to GDSII on Windows.

Running DXF to GDSII UNIX.
Shows how to run the DXF to GDSII on UNIX.

Running GDSII to DXF Windows
Shows how to run the GDSII to DXF on Windows.

Running GDSII to DXF UNIX
Shows how to run the GDSII to DXF on UNIX.