GDS3D is a cross-platform 3D hardware accelerated viewer for chip layouts. Read standalone GDS files or use the Cadence plugin for easy integration with your Virtuoso environment.

Developed by PhDs of the IC-Design Group, University of Twente, The Netherlands

The GDS3D project is also hosted on Github: https://github.com/icdut24/GDS3D, but currently not actively maintained by us.
Forks can be found at https://github.com/trilomix/GDS3D and https://github.com/skuep/GDS3D

Features

  • Interactive 3D flying through layout
  • High performance, high FPS rendering of big layouts on consumer hardware
  • Hardware accelerated on many platforms
  • GDSII file input
  • Enable / disable layers
  • Browse through cell hierarchy
  • Measurement ruler
  • Explode geometry
  • Wire tracing
  • Cadence plugin

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License

GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Intended Audience

Science/Research, Telecommunications Industry, Engineering

User Interface

X Window System (X11), Win32 (MS Windows), Cocoa (MacOS X)

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ 3D Rendering Software, C++ Data Visualization Software

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2012-02-02