Procedure To Run Pathmill

The required files for running pathmill are Spice netlist and pathmill configuration files. The steps to run Pathmill are:

1. Make an epic directory under your layout design directory, copy the Eldo netlist file design.cir to the epic directory, and go to epic directory. If it is static circuit netlist, then rename it as static.cir and only then save it in the newly created epic directory. Similarly for dynamic and ptl circuits.
2. Generate a spice net list by using the following command:
   run_spice_converter
   This command create a spice netlist file, <design>.spi in current working directory.
3. Create cfg_pm file
4. Run pathmill by using the following command\

      pathmill -n design.spi -c cfg_pm -o pathmill -p /class/EE571/epic_tech/tech*

5. After running pathmill, you can check your design or run-time errors by looking pathmill.log or pathmill.err. The pathmill.out file contains the pathmill analysis results of your design.