Changing the back ground in cadence IC5141!! please help

[oktan]

change background color virtuoso schematci

HI,

I have to make screen shots from cadence IC5141 for my thesis. the thing is my circuit is already big and having a black back ground makes it diff. to read when it is printed !! is there any way to change the back ground color of the Schematic editor from black to an other color??

cheers

 

[meitolake]

how to change the backgroudn in cadence

Why don't you print your schematic to file?

 

[oktan]

cadence white background

well i cant do that because in my uni there is no plotter setting set for the cadence and i cant do that becouse of user premission.
but is there any other way to change the color of back ground???

cheers

 

[meitolake]

cadence virtuoso white background

Type:

cd your_install_dir/tools/plot/bin && ./plotconfig &

your_install_dir is your software installation directory.
You can configure plotting, and print your schematic to ps file without any special premission.

 

[Mazz]

cadence schematic composer white background

What we usually do is grab the image of the schematic in a small unix software (Xview) and invert colors (or make the inverted image black and white).
I hope it can help.
Mazz

 

[Hughes]

cdsplotinit print to file

You can copy the "cdsplotinit" file to your home directory and renamed to ".cdsplotinit". Then you can choose a postscript printer and print to file.

If you still want to change the background, you change the xresources. Run the following command in a shell before you start icfb:

echo "Opus.editor.background: white" | xrdb merge

 

[oktan]

cdsplotinit

You can copy the "cdsplotinit" file to your home directory and renamed to ".cdsplotinit". Then you can choose a postscript printer and print to file.

If you still want to change the background, you change the xresources. Run the following command in a shell before you start icfb:
Code:
echo "Opus.editor.background: white" | xrdb merge

i copied the .cdsplotinit in home directory and workin directory. still i cant choose the printer or ploter. the list of printer is empty.

and also for 2nd solution i get this error:
echo "Opus.editor.background: white" | xrdb merge
xrdb: No such file or directory
xrdb: can't open file 'merge'
[1]+ Done icfb

this happens either in user or super user mode!!!

so please what im doing wrong?

thanks

Added after 2 minutes:

Type:

cd your_install_dir/tools/plot/bin && ./plotconfig &

your_install_dir is your software installation directory.
You can configure plotting, and print your schematic to ps file without any special premission.

i tried this but i get this error:
[root@localhost plot]# cd /opt/cadence/IC5141/tools/plot/bin && ./plotconfig &
[1] 7960
[root@localhost plot]# ./plotconfig: line 9: cds_root: command not found
./plotconfig: line 10: /tools/plot/bin/plotconfigEXE: No such file or directory

what should i do?

Added after 1 minutes:



or this error in user mode:
[eda@localhost ~]$ cd /opt/cadence/IC5141/tools/plot/bin && ./plotconfig &
[1] 8005
[eda@localhost ~]$ /opt/cadence/IC5141/tools/plot/bin/plotconfigEXE: error while loading shared libraries: libCdsXmotif.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[1]+ Done cd /opt/cadence/IC5141/tools/plot/bin && ./plotconfig
[eda@localhost ~]$

?????[/quote]

 

[meitolake]

inverting color on cadence schematic

Download and unzip the attachment, then type:

sh plotconfig

 

[Hughes]

print layout cadence color

You can copy the "cdsplotinit" file to your home directory and renamed to ".cdsplotinit". Then you can choose a postscript printer and print to file.

If you still want to change the background, you change the xresources. Run the following command in a shell before you start icfb:
Code:
echo "Opus.editor.background: white" | xrdb merge

i copied the .cdsplotinit in home directory and workin directory. still i cant choose the printer or ploter. the list of printer is empty.

and also for 2nd solution i get this error:
echo "Opus.editor.background: white" | xrdb merge
xrdb: No such file or directory
xrdb: can't open file 'merge'
[1]+ Done icfb

this happens either in user or super user mode!!!

so please what im doing wrong?

For the first one, you should modify the .cdsplotinti file as following:

Encapsulated PostScript: \

modified to:

EPS|Encapsulated PostScript: \

You can modify other plotters in same method -- Add a display name and a vertical bar before the plotter type.

For the second one, I am sorry I have made a typo above. This is the correct one:

echo "Opus.editorBackground: white" | xrdb -merge

 

[oktan]

set variable cdsplotinit

Wow, thanks Hughes you saved me a lot of time ..sweeet white back ground

cheeers[/quote]

 

[eric_ec_chen]

virtuso schematic background color

Dear Oktan,

In the "Virtuoso Schematic Composer User Guide" page 464 states that:
Changing the Background Color of a Schematic Window
To change the background color of the schematic window, do the following:
1. Open the .Xdefaults file in edit mode.

2. Change or add the option Opus.editorBackground from black to the color you
desire. For example:

Opus.editorBackground: green

3. At the UNIX prompt, type
xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults

If you do not know where your .Xdefaults file is located, you can change the background
color of the schematic and layout windows by doing the following:
1. At the UNIX prompt, type
xrdb -query > xyz
This stores all the current system .Xdefaults variable settings in the file xyz.
2. In the xyz file, change or add the option Opus.editorBackground from black to the
color you desire. For example:
Opus.editorBackground: green
3. At the UNIX prompt, type
xrdb -load xyz
4. Restart your Cadence software.

 

[mccoytest]

virtuoso schematic editor eps

Two alias' that have been useful in changing the background easily.
(I know this is an old message but somebody may find it useful.)

alias opusblack 'echo "Opus.editorBackground: #000000">! /tmp/color.${USER} ; xrdb -merge /tmp/color.${USER}'

alias opuswhite 'echo "Opus.editorBackground: #ffffff">! /tmp/color.${USER} ; xrdb -merge /tmp/color.${USER}'

Then restart your cadence session, as noted before

 

[stevenlee]

setting white background for icfb editor

you can postedit using windows program , only need to "invert colour"

 

[ikosmi]

sorry, but i have the same problem
when i clip design, plot, submit
i take a message says:
" *Error* lessp: can't handle (nil < nil) "
can you help me?

 

[MAAASD]

This video will help you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JivgqYabhWI&list=PLYWwUnNUBdpSzQK0yANKPgmzRKttTgZY9&index=13