GRAAL(1)

NAME
graal - symbolic layout editor

SYNOPSIS
graal

ORIGIN
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD system from the
CAO-VLSI team at MASI laboratory, University P. et M. Curie
4, place Jussieu ; 75252 PARIS Cedex 05 ; FRANCE
Fax: (44-1) 44.27.62.86 ; E-mail: cao-vlsi@masi.ibp.fr

DESCRIPTION
Graal is a hierarchical symbolic layout editor. All functionnalities can be accessed through different menus. Among them exists a design rule checker performing verifications inside a user defined window. Graal works under Motif and X11r5. When entering Graal, the main window appears and shows 7 different menus on the top bar.These menus can be entered by simple clicking on the mouse left button. Here are the descriptions of these menus.

File
    New : clean the entire window and save the current cell.
    Open : load an already existing cell.
    Save : save the current cell.
    Save as : rename and save the current cell.
    Quit : quit graal.

Edit
    Undo : undo the previous action.
    Copy : copy a selected object.
    Move : move a selected object.
    Delete : delete a selected object.
    Stretch : strech a selected object (transistor or segment length).
    Modify : modify the caracteristics of an object (name, width, etc...).
    Identify : identify a selected object.
    Search : search an object according to its type.

Window
    This menu allows user to perform the same actions than the previous menu Edit, not on an object but on a group of objects belonging to a defined window.The two opposite corner of the window are set by clicking on the mouse left button.

Create
    Instance : add a new instance in the current cell.
    Abutmentbox : define the abutment box of the current cell.
    Segment : add segments.
    Via : add vias or contacts.
    Connector : add connectors.
    Transistor : add transistors.
    Reference : add reference.

View
    Zoom : perform zoom in, zoom out, center, fit, refresh on figure.
    Layer : select types of layers displayed.
    Map : show cursor position in the entire figure.
    Arrows : show arrows for moving at the grid step.
    Grid : Set the X,Y step of the grid if displayed.

Tools
    Equi : highlight all objects electrically connected to a given object.
    Flat : not available.
    Peek : virtual hierarchy flattening (display all visible objects inside a given window).
    Druc : call the design rule checker in a given window.

Setup
    Save or load a user defined configuration of default displayed menus.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

MBK_CATA_LIB
    indicates the path to the read only libraries to be used.

MBK_WORK_LIB
    indicates the path to the read/write directory for the session.

MBK_IN_PH
    indicates the file format to be used for the leaf cells.

MBK_OUT_PH
    indicates the file format to be used for the generated figures.

GRAAL_TECHNO_NAME (optionnal)
    indicates the path to the techno name file used by Graal.

RDS_TECHNO_NAME (optionnal)
    indicates the path to the RDS configuration file used by Graal.

SEE ALSO
mbk(1), MBK_CATA_LIB(8), MBK_IN_PH(8), MBK_OUT_PH(8), RDS_TECHNO_NAME(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
Please report bugs, problems and suggestions to cao-vlsi@masi.ibp.fr