The Conversion - Export panel is brought up with the Export Control button in the Convert Menu. This panel allows various flags and variables that are specific to file output to be set, and also allows initiation of actual output operations. At the top of the panel are several buttons which set internal flags.
Within Xic, archive file representations consist of two sequential records in each file. The first record is the physical information, and the second record contains the electrical information. These files should be compatible with other CAD systems, as these files are generally expected to have only one record, and consequently the electrical information may be ignored. However, one should not count on this. When the Strip For Export button is active, Xic will convert only the physical information when explicitly (i.e., using the operations from the Conversion - Export panel, and not the Save and Save As buttons) converting to an archive format. The Strip For Export setting also applies to the ToCGX, ToCIF, ToGDS, and ToOASIS script functions. This creates a file which should be an absolutely conventional physical layout file. The Strip For Export button should be active when creating a file for use in generating photomasks. Note that the electrical information can never be recovered from a stripped file.
This mode can also be enabled by setting the boolean variable StripForExport with the !set command.
This feature can also be enabled by setting the variable SkipInvisible with the !set command.
The remaining settings on this panel apply to all generated output, and not just to output initiated from this panel.
This mode can also be enabled by setting the boolean variable NoGdsMapOk with the !set command.
NOTE: compressed OASIS files are not compatible between the present release and release 2.5.57 and earlier. Compressed OASIS files from the present release are compatible with other tools that follow the OASIS specification.
This mode can also be enabled by setting the boolean variable OasWriteCompressed with the !set command.
This mode can also be enabled by setting the boolean variable OasWriteNameTab with the !set command.
See the description of the OasWriteRep variable, which controls the use of REPETITION records in OASIS output. This variable can be set explicitly to fine-tune the use of REPETITION records. The check box sets/unsets this variable as a boolean.
See the description of the OasWriteChecksum variable, which controls the validation method in OASIS output. This variable can be set explicitly to use byte-sum checksum validation (OASIS validation method 2). The check box sets/unsets this variable as a boolean.