Re: Export gds?

At 07:14 AM 12/3/2007, you wrote:

>I hoped to use electric to convert dxf to gds. I am able to import the
>dxf but am unable to export to gds.
>
>I'm a very new user, any help/advice would be appreciated!

In what way is Electric "unable" to export GDS?  Is it giving an 
error message?  Is it producing GDS that is incorrect?

Electric needs to know how to associate everything in the external 
file formats (DXF, GDS, etc.) with things in its own database.  The 
DXF and GDS preferences handle this.  One potential problem is that 
DXF input creates "Artwork" objects in the Electric 
database.  However these Artwork objects are unknown in GDS, and so 
you may export an empty GDS file.  The solution (if this is what is 
happening) is to set GDS layer numbers for the layers in the Artwork 
technology.

    -Steven Rubin