Migrating CADSTAR to eCADSTAR: Getting Started

This guide will assist in migrating your data from CADSTAR to eCADSTAR. It covers the steps that need to be considered, and the development of the required mapping data. It also includes the preparation of CADSTAR data, ready for migration, and the creation of eCADSTAR libraries, technologies, design rules and templates from the CADSTAR data. The final synchronization of migrated designs with the eCADSTAR Master Library environment is also described. The guide details the steps required to successfully migrate libraries, design templates and design data from CADSTAR to eCADSTAR.

The migration process is summarized as follows.

• Data Mapping Details.
• CADSTAR Data Preparation for Migration.
• Migration of CADSTAR Data to eCADSTAR Data.
• Development of the eCADSTAR Master Library environment.
• Synchronization of migrated designs with the eCADSTAR Master Library environment.

See Appendix A: File Types for further details on the data items shown in the diagram.

The migration process may include additional manual steps to resolve schematic, layout or library data issues caused by flow differences between CADSTAR and eCADSTAR.