LAYED is a powerful all-angles graphical editor especially developed for complex integrated circuit design  and can also be used as a universal vector graphics tool. It can create and process hierarchically structured databases using a rich command set.  With the extensive LAYED command set, the drawing of IC layouts is easy and quickly mastered, even in the case of very complex structures. 

• Data may be entered as rectangles, polygons, edges, paths (wires), circles, text or groups  

• All-angle, 45 degree and arcs

• Data may be entered hierarchically

• Data may be accessed from reference libraries

• Data may be imported or exported in various standard exchange formats (GDSII, CIF, etc.)

• Optional supervision of imported data to ensure data integrity

• Flexible command entry - keyboard, hot-key, menu bar, toolbox

• Command file procedures supported

• Case-sensitive structure names

• Comprehensive data selection criteria for objects and vertices

• Advanced edit features including cuts and merge

• Full-function edit-in-place

• Accelerated display for large designs and multiple windows

• Supports multiple design windows

• More than 256 layers available to user

• Layer display priority definable

• Nine reference libraries and edit-in-place in up to 4 layout windows and displays layers in use

• Customizable design environment

• Definable priority levels. Commands may be nested in up to five levels deep providing flexible use.

• Schematic interface including SPE

• LAYPLOT plotter interface available

• LAYVER database interface (built into LAYED-V)

• LAYPAR place and route interface available.

Stand-alone graphical editor without LAYVER interface and  without parametric cell design; contains DXF(2D) & GDSII export and import.


LAYED_V is derived from the Layout Editor LAYED by removing all editor commands and menu items making it is a powerful tool for viewing large layout databases as well as looking at LAYVER evaluation results and performing schematic-layout crossprobes.  Because LAYED has conversion capabilities (from GDS 2, CIF, and DXF) you may use LAYED_V as viewer for the most common layout database formats.  Viewer for DBX, GDSII, DXF(2D), CIF, and LAYVER verification results.


LAYED interface for evaluating LAYVER.


LAYED interface for editing parameterized groups.  Pcell improves designers productivity and reduces the amount of time required to generate layout by raising the level of design abstraction to the component level.  


Stand-alone graphical layout editor LAYED P and full standard cell place and route package LAYPAR F.  (For UNIX/SUN, LAYED LVI instead of LAYED P is included). 

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