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![Main window](klayout/klayout-main.png)
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# Loading a GDS file
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# Using KLayout
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## Loading a GDS file
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You can open a GDS file by selecting `File` -> `Open` and selecting the GDS file you want to open. Select
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the GDS file in the klayout subdirectory called 'sky130_fd_sc_hd__inv_1.gds' and you will see the following:
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![GDS file loaded with tech](klayout/klayout-load.png)
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# Layer palette
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## Layer palette
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On the right, you should see the "Layers" palette. However, this includes a lot of layers that
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are not used and are grayed out. To only show the layers that are used in the cell click,
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# Sky130 Menu
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## Sky130 Menu
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If the Sky130 technology files are properly loaded, you should see a menu called "Efabless sky130" with
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![Sky130 menu](klayout/klayout-sky130-menu.png)
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## 2.5D Viewer
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### 2.5D Viewer
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The 2.5D viewer lets you look at and interact with a "3D" view of the layout:
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## Running DRC
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### Running DRC
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There are a few options for running DRC:
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## Running LVS
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### Running LVS
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Make sure to uncheck the "scale" option in the LVS dialog box. Sky130 uses an
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odd scale factor in the spice netlist of microns instead of meters. If you
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don't uncheck this, the transistor sizes won't match and your LVS will fail.
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# Closing crash
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## Closing crash
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For some reason, on my Ubuntu machine, KLayout crashes when I close it. I get this window and must select "Cancel" to
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