QCKVU and QCKVU for WINDOWS
High speed GDSII Viewing Software for large, multi-GB GDSII files.
Qckvu for PROLITH
Qckvu for PROLNK
GDSPLOT
Make large color plots of your IC design quickly and easily....Plot directly from Virtuoso with our Cadence Interface
QIS
Qckvu Image Server - a special version of Qckvu which can serve up the image to another application or used to support remote viewing of GDSII.
NetTrace
A powerful server for tracing nets from GDSII or OASIS geometry ...
NEW QISLIB and QFRACT
A library/engine for opening, viewing, editing, fracturing to trapezoids, and converting to bitmap from GDSII and OASIS files ...
NEW GDS Compact
A tool for removing duplicate polygons without smashing the hierarchy ...
ASM 3500
A bidirectional translator between AutoCAD DXF and the Calma GDSII stream format.
GDSFILT
A utility for reducing large GDSII files by layer or by structure. Or merge multiple GDSII files into a single one or replace cell content ...
QCKBOOL
A boolean tool for union, xor, extract, cutting and sizing mask data.
STL2GDS
Convert 3D STL files (for MEMS) into GDSII for lithography ...
ASM 600
Is a bidirectional translator between GDSII and Gerber. Ideal for creating artwork that can be run on photoplotters.
NEW  GDS-SR
A step and repeat tool ideal optimized wafer level stepping - ideal for bump masks, MEMs, wafer scale packaging ...
NETEX
Extract nets from a GDSII stream file. Ideal for failure analysis, field simulation and other applications where you need to reconstruct the net from physical touching or overlapping.
GDSVU
Low cost GDSII view/plot software.

GDS2ASCII
A bidirectinal translator between GDSII and ASCII.
NEW  GDS_RIP
High Resolution GDSII Rasterizer for Mask Writing and Inspection ... Multi-threaded shared object for OEM's
NEW  Area Fill
Calculate Metal area/density for GDSII layouts. User defined windows, boolean between layers ...
ASM 400/ASM 410
Converts GDSII to IGES. and IGES to GDSII respectively.
ASM 2600
Fractures GDSII to pattern generator data for Electromask and Mann machines.



MEBES Products
MBS2GDS
Converts a MEBES mask file into GDSII stream. Supports MEBES versions I through V.

NEW MBS2TIFF
Converts MEBES (with or w/o jobdeck) to a high resolution TIFF bitmap. Ideal for applications such as wafer inspection/FIB where CAD data is used to compare to camera images ...
MBSVU
High speed MEBES Viewing Software for large, multi-GB MEBES files. Supports formats I through V as well as job deck.

TIFF2MEBES/GDSII
Converts a monochrome TIFF or Windows BMP into MEBES or GDSII Stream. Applications include optical gradient filters, archival data, logo conversion for placement on chips ...



CIF Products
CIFVU
View and Plot CIF (Caltech Intermediate Files) Data. Ideal for Compass Design Automation users.
CIF2DXF
Translates CIF (Caltech Intermediate Format) to AutoCAD's DXF format.
GDS2CIF
Translates GDSII Stream into CIF format.
CIF2GDS
Translates CIF (Caltech Intermediate Format) to GDSII Stream.



Application Notes
Converting Bitmaps to GDSII
Describes how a high resolution bitmap (either in ascii or TIFF) can be converted to GDSII for making masks.
Max Number of Vertices per Boundary
Describes why a max of 8191 vertices per boundary can be described in GDSII and how to get around this limit.
Polygon De-Embedding
Describes how the new ASM 3500 polygon de-embedding function works and saves lots of editing time ...



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