Guidelines for Using Pre-Compiled Libraries

The guidelines for using pre-compiled libraries are as follows:

• Any pre-compiled library to be used in importing must be defined in the cds.lib file.
• All IR cellviews have a link to the source file that points to the location from which it was compiled. The source file must not be moved from that location.
• Functional view are created from the source file while the symbol, the netlist, and the schematic views are created from the IR files. If the source file of a pre-compiled library is modified without creating the library again, then the functional view created matches the new description, but the symbol, netlist and the schematic views created match the older description. Therefore you must always create the pre-compiled library again each time the source files from which it has been created is modified.