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  I. Cadence Start Up For the First Time
    A. Set environment variable and path
    B. Start Cadence
    C. Start Library Manager
    D. Create a new library

  II. Cadence Start Up (not first time)
    A. Start Cadence
    B. Start Library Manager

  III. Design Libraries
    A. Cadence Library Notes
    B. Libraries in CMU MEMS Design Flow
         - NODAS_poly
         - NODAS_basic

  IV. Schematic Edit
    A. Create a new library
    B. Create a new schematic cell view
    C. Placing an instance to a schematic editing window
    D. Some basic skills in manipulating instance

  V. Simulation

  VI. Schematic to Layout generation

  VII. Layout Edit
    A..Create a new library
    B. Create a new layout cell view Part
    C. Placing a rectangle to a layout editing window
    D. Some basic skills in manipulating the layouts

  VIII. DRC Verification

  IX. Extraction

  X. 3D Simulation
    A. Generate mesh file (*.unv) from layout window
    B. Visualization in Memcad4

Tutorial I - How to create one beam schematic and do layout generation

  A. Introduction
  B. Setting up
  C. Schematic composition
  D. Simulation
  E. Layout Generation
  F. DRC checking
  G. Meshing

Tutorial II - Design Flow for A Folded Flexure Resonator

  A. Introduction
  B. Setting up
  C. Schematic composition
  D. Simulation
  E. Layout Generation
  F. DRC checking
  G. Extraction

Glossary

scn3mlc_submLib: default technology library; when you create a new library, attach your new library to scn3mlc_submLib to inherit tech info
NODAS_poly: this library contains mechanical instances like beam, plate, anchor...; used for constructing your MEMS device
NODAS_basic: this library contains force source, position source, angle source; used for simulation
analogLib: this library contains gnd, vcc...; used for designing electronic ciruits
.cdsinit  - Cadence startup file
.cdsenv  - contains environment settings
cds.lib - library directories. Contains library names and their corresponding path.
cdsinfo.tag - Cadence directories setting for current direcotry and its sub-directories

Revised: 3/09/00 by Kai He - khe@ece.cmu.edu