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XPAT(1) 						     ALLIANCE Reference Manual							   XPAT(1)

NAME

       xpat - graphic pattern viewer

SYNOPSIS

       xpat [-l file_name] [-xor] [-install] [-force]

ORIGIN

       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

DESCRIPTION

       Xpat is a pattern viewer. All functionnalities can be accessed through different menus.	Xpat works under Motif and X11r6.   When  entering
       Xpat,  the  main window appears and shows 5 different menus on the top bar. These menus can be entered by simply clicking on the mouse left
       button. Here is the description of these menus.

       File	 Open : load an existing pattern file (see pat(5)).
		 Quit : quit xpat.

       Edit	 Identify : identify a selected pattern.
		 Connected : highlight a selected pattern.
		 Search : search a pattern.

       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	 Message : display the last error messages

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

SPECIAL KEYS

       +/-    Increase or decrease the time scale.

OPTIONS

       -l file_name
	      Load the pattern file file_name (without extention .pat)

       -xor   Two graphic cursor methods can be used, invert or xor.

       -force this option force all graphical objects to be displayed.

       -install
	      Switch to a private color map.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

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

       XPAT_PARAM_NAME (optionnal)
	      indicates the path to the parameter file used by Xpat.

       SEE ALSO
	      mbk(1), MBK_WORK_LIB(1), PAT(5), asimut(1)

BUG REPORT

       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM
/LIP6							 September 1, 2000							   XPAT(1)

XSCH(1) 						     ALLIANCE Reference Manual							   XSCH(1)

NAME

       xsch - graphical schematic viewer

SYNOPSIS

       xsch [-l file_name] [-xor] [-install] [-force] [-I input_format] [-slide file_name ...]

ORIGIN

       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

DESCRIPTION

       Xsch is a graphical schematic viewer. All functionnalities can be accessed through different menus.  Xsch  works  under	Motif  and  X11r6.
       When  entering  Xsch,  the main window appears and shows 5 different menus on the top bar. These menus can be entered by simply clicking on
       the mouse left button. Here is the description of these menus.

       File	 Open : load an existing file. Note that a file with the same name and the extention .xsc can be used to attach special colors and
		 comments to all displayed objects (see below for details).
		 Quit : quit xsch.

       Edit	 Identify : identify a selected object.
		 Connected : highlight a selected object.
		 Search : search an object by its name.

       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	 Hierarchy : enable user to browse into the design hierarchy.
		 Message : display the last error messages

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

SPECIAL KEYS

       +/-    Next or previous file in slide mode.

OPTIONS

       -l file_name
	      Load the file file_name (with or without extention)

       -xor   Two graphic cursor methods can be used, invert or xor.

       -force this option force all graphical objects to be displayed.

       -install
	      Switch to a private color map.

       -I input_format
	      Specifies the input format (vst(5), al(5), vbe(5))

       -slide file_name ...
	      Enables slide mode, all specifies files will be displayed one by one using keys +/- in the graphic window.

XSC FILE FORMAT

       # Example of .xsc file
       #
       # To attach a particular color and comment to a box :
       # B:box_name:color:comment
       # color is an integer from 0 to 32, or -1 for no_color
       # comment is a string
       B:my_box:0:this box should be blue
       B:another_box:-1:this won't change the box color
       #
       # To attach a particular color and comment to a net :
       # N:net_name:color:comment
       N:my_net:15:this net should be green
       #
       # To attach a particular color and comment to a connector :
       # C:connector_name:color:comment
       C:my_con:32:this connector should be red
       #
       # To attach a particular color and comment to a path :
       # P:from_name:net_name:to_name:color:comment
       P:my_con:my_net:my_box:15:this path should be green

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 directory for the session.

       MBK_IN_LO
	      indicates the file format to be used.

       XSCH_PARAM_NAME (optionnal)
	      indicates the path to the parameter file used by Xsch.

       SEE ALSO
	      mbk(1), MBK_CATA_LIB(1), MBK_WORK_LIB(1), PAT(5), asimut(1)

BUG REPORT

       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM
/LIP6							 September 1, 2000							   XSCH(1)