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Introduction to Simulation Environment
This document describes the Virtuoso® Simulation Environment (SE) and is aimed at designers who want to netlist and simulate designs maintained in the Virtuoso Studio design environment and assumes that you are familiar with:
- The Virtuoso Studio design environment and application infrastructure mechanisms designed to support consistent operations between all Cadence tools.
- The applications used to design and develop integrated circuits in the Virtuoso Studio design environment, notably Virtuoso Schematic Editor.
The Cadence Simulation Environment (SE) allows you to run simulations from the graphical user interface (GUI) or a command line. The GUI lets you use SE menus and forms. The non-graphical environment can be accessed using SE commands in a UNIX® xterm window running si or SKILL commands in the Virtuoso CIW.
SE supports user-defined simulators and the following standard simulators:
Licensing Requirements
For information on licensing in the Virtuoso Simulation Environment, see Virtuoso Software Licensing and Configuration Guide.
Related Topics
Initializing the Simulation Environment
Setting Up a Simulation Using the Command-Line Interface
Customization of the Simulation Environment Using the .simrc File
Digital Design Netlisting and Simulation SKILL Reference
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