The ZDB to Symbol Converter

This document describes the function of the software unit that reads a ZDB binfile and stores the symbol shapes found in the binfile as a Symlib library file.

Overview

Introduction

In addition of using the SpiceVision PRO GUI to read a ZDB binfile the stand alone binary zdb2sym can be used.

The zdb2sym binary reads the given ZDB binfile and creates a Symbol library containing the symbol shapes found in the input file:

zdb2sym -o file.sym <OPTIONS> <BINFILE.ZDB>

This document describes the usage of this flow.

Options

Option Parameters Description

-argsFromFile

<file>

Read cmdline arguments from file.

-breakOnError | -breakOnErr

on|off

Stop on errors during parsing.
(The default value for this option is off.)

-debugFlag

<flag>

Enable a specific debug flag.

-dontCut

Don’t cut long filenames in messages.

-help | -h

Print a help text with a short description of each option.

-info

None|Error|Warning|Verbose|Debug

Level of verbosity for issued messages.
(The default value for this option is Error.)

-logAppend

Append to logfile.

-logfile

<file>

Generate log file.

-nologo

Print no greeting message.

-o

<file>

Name of symlib output file.

-prog

Print progress information.

-renameSuffix

<suffix>

Suffix for renaming duplicate cells.

-resolveDuplicates

on|off

Resolve duplicate cells. If "off" all duplicate cells are renamed.
(The default value for this option is on.)

-suppress

<type> <pattern>

Suppress messages which match pattern.

-time

Print CPU time consumption (requires enabled progress updates).

-wait_for_license | -waitForLicense

<sec>

Wait 'sec' seconds for a license. If the value is -1 then the started tool will not wait for the next free license. Use a value of 0 to wait forever.
(The default value for this option is -1.)