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LayoutEditor is a program to design and edit layouts for MEMS/IS fabrication. It has sophisticated functions like all angles, font generator, macros, boolean operations, design rule checker, netlist driven layout and LVS. The Calma GDSII file format is used as the primary file format. Also OASIS (Open Artwork System Interchange Standard), DXF and CIF (Caltech Intermediate Form) are full supported. Gerber (e.g. Gerbv and KiCAD), Alliance, Lasi (Layout System for Induvials) file can be imported, but an export to the Lasi file format is not possible. Designing these layouts require a high precision. So a sufficient resolution and a possibility of a high scaling is required. The resolution of the LayoutEditor can be set in a wide range and is normally set to 1 nano meter. This is enough for IC/MEMS which extend usually less than 0.1 meters. The productions of MEMS/IC is done in many layers. For each of these physical layer a belonging layer had to exist in the drawing. Additional logical layers are required for describing/naming purpose. So a lot of layers are needed. By default the LayoutEditor is limited to 128 layers. But it can easily be adjusted, if more layers are required. Designs often contain a plenty of repeating structures. Essential for managing these designs is therefor a hierarchical design. This means, that the complete repeating structure only exists once in a single cell. These cell is then referred multiple times in the main drawing. Site juspertor UG was founded in 2009 to provide an optimal support for users. LayoutEditor is published under the General Public License a version 2. If you are not familiar with this license, please read it carefully. Nevertheless some additional features are incompatible to the GPL. These functions are only available as a Full Version without the source code. The commercial use of the Full Version is exclusive for supporters of this project. All compiled (binary) versions of the LayoutEditor are Full Version. The LayoutEditor is crossplatform compatible and runs on GNU/Linux and much more platforms. For more informations click here.