At 01:53 AM 11/7/2007, you wrote:
Hi Steven, thanks for the reply. I think Electric is a great
software overall and has a lot of potential for MEMS work. I
especially like the variety of I/O formats. Many masks print shops
ask for different layout formats (such as GDSII, ps, dxf) and don't
have the required conversion tools. Java is wonderful as well
because that means I can design in Mac OS X.
An additional technology for MEMS work could be implemented, that
would help tremendously for mask layout. However, what would help
the most would be to have better capabilities for manipulating
polygons and shapes. In the Edit Menu, the Rotate, Mirror, Size and
Move submenus should all have buttons that are in the main window
interface. These are the most commonly used functions in mask layout
and therefore should be just one click away from the user.
Which of the commands would you want in the toolbar? Is it not
sufficient to rebind various keys to those commands (which you can do
from the "Quick Key" Preferences)?
When I first loaded a GDSII mask into Electric. I had difficulty
seeing my layout. There should be buttons that make it easy to show
and hide layers. Additionally, zooming in and out could be made much
easier with a zoom in and out button and using the mouse wheel while
holding down ctrl.
These two requests are already there. Look in the "Layers" tab of
the sidebar and you will see quick ways of controling layer
visibility. Also, the "zoom" tool (the magnifying glass in the
toolbar) does give you quick zooming (when using this tool, hold the
right button and move the cursor up and down to zoom in and out).
-Steve
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