Opening the Library Path Editor

The Library Path Editor window opens from the UNIX command line and Cadence^® tools such as the Virtuoso Studio design environment Command Interpreter Window (CIW).

To open the library path editor from the UNIX command line,

• Type
  cdsLibEditor [ -namespace namespace ] &
  where namespace is the set of rules defining valid identifier and keyword types for the design tool in use (the default is CDBA).

To open a cds.lib library definition file in the library path editor, use the following commands:

cdsLibEditor -cdslib cds.lib

To open the library path editor from the CIW,

• Choose Tools – Library Path Editor.

The Library Path Editor window opens and presents library path information in one of the following ways:

• Displays the libraries and their paths that are defined in cds.lib files.
• Displays the Select New File Format form because a cds.lib file does not exist in your design hierarchy. In this situation a library definition file needs to be created.

The applications, such as Library Manager, Library Selector, and Library Path Editor, will start with the same font as Virtuoso. Though, it may not be noticeable unless the default font is changed using the Set Fonts dialog box. Once you choose the font using the Set Fonts dialog box, the font of these applications will change accordingly.

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