In the C@de&ce inst@ll directory/tools.sun4v/dfII/bin, you can find a executable file: DraculaToDiva.
It's usage as same as the PDR@CUL@.
It can convert the Dr@cul@ command files to Div@.
thank you for your comment.
I am unfamiliar with Cadence tool.
I open Conversion Tool Box from Cadence main windows' tool manu
but, I can't find DraculaToDiva.
would you please explain DraculaToDiva's usage in detail ?
Hi, visualart, nice to meet you in this topic.
The "DraculaToDiva" not in Conversion Tool Box.
It is located at your "c@dence installation directory/tools.sun4v/dfII/bin/DraculaToDiva", if you have installed diva.
Unfortunately, even the "DraculaToDiva" is made by Cadence, but the converted Dive rules file can't run it directly.
Usually, you need to fix a few syntax errors by manual. For instance, the input layers name, it should be as same as the tech file definition.
Sorry, my experience with drac2diva is from 1995. I had to convert a 1.6u CMOS rule file. Could translate 95% of the expressions. After taken a look at the remaining 5% of expression I understand that the builtup of the rule file uses the underlying semantic of dracula. I had to manually insert statements from diva which cover exact the cases of dracula. That tend very time consuming. After two weeks I start to rewrite the complete rule file in diva because I get familar with. I cross checked some designs I found discrepancies in both rules files. At appears that there remains 3 rules. One in rule text discription, one in drac, the other in in diva. The differencies where acceptable because the golden check with drac was made anyway. With calibre I found more similarities with diva.