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Virtuoso Studio Design Environment Launch

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To launch and operate Virtuoso Studio Design Environment, you need to start the Cadence software and then you can use the command-line options to perform various operations. After setting up the above, you can launch Virtuoso.

Before you start Virtuoso:

• Obtain the required licenses and software.
• Set up Cadence tools executable binary paths for Virtuoso and other tools, such as MMSIM simulators. You may add these paths into your .cshrc file.
• If required, customize your virtuoso with the Virtuoso initialization file (.cdsinit) and the environment variable file (.cdsenv).

Related Topics

Starting Cadence Software

Command-Line Options For Cadence Applications

Backing Up Your Work

Unlocking an Application

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