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Supported Database Records

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This appendix discusses Dracula Supported Database Records.

• “Introduction”
• “GDSII Records”

Introduction

Dracula supports the CAD system formats listed below. The SYSTEM or SYSIN command in the Description block specifies your database format.

• GDSII
• Design Framework II database (Cadence)

GDSII Records

GDS2IN processes the GDSII database records listed in the following table. It ignores all other records. Dracula Release 4.4 supports GDSII Release 6.0 or lower.

Record number	Name
0	HEADER
1	BGNLIB
2	LIBNAME
3	UNITS
4	ENDLIB
5	BGNSTR
6	STRNAME
7	ENDSTR
8	BOUNDARY
9	PATH
10	SREF
11	AREF
12	TEXT
13	LAYER
14	DATATYPE
15	WIDTH
16	XY
17	ENDEL
18	SNAME
19	COLROW
22	TEXTTYPE
23	PRESENTATION
25	STRING
26	STRANS
27	MAG
28	ANGLE
33	PATHTYPE
45	BOX
48	BGNEXTN
49	ENDEXTN

GDS2IN prints an error message for missing database cells, which might occur when inputting graphical data.

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