{"id":21,"date":"2018-05-24T16:39:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2018-07-10T16:04:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T16:04:59","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Data Formats<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Binary Patterns:<\/strong> The PhotonSteer\u2122 software package uses the Caltech Intermediate Form (CIF) for all binary patterns.\u00a0 CIF is a primitive ASCII two-dimensional drawing format.\u00a0 The hierarchical text-based files can be read or edited with any text editor and the simple nature of the keyword-parameter calls allows files to be computationally generated.\u00a0 The CIF format is also supported by many editors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multilevel Patterns:<\/strong> For grayscale or\u00a0<em>multilevel<\/em> patterns,\u00a0PhotonSteer\u2122 accepts either BMP or DAT file types.\u00a0 In addition to the pixel data from the BMP or DAT, a simple text file (.txt) containing image metadata is required.\u00a0 Any standard image or graphics application can be used to produce BMP\/DAT files and the .txt file can be written manually, computationally, or by PhotonSteer\u2122 on import.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Layout Editors<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CleWin 5<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>CleWin is the default layout editor associated with the PhotonSteer\u2122 software package that controls the laser writer.\u00a0 CleWin is simple to use and supports a hierarchical symbol environment for fast and powerful editing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Documentation:<\/strong> Manuals and other documentation are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/resources\/downloads\/\">Downloads<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read Formats:<\/strong> CIF (.cif) Oasis(.oas) GDS-II (.gds), DXF (.dxf), EMK (.emk), Gerber RS-274X (.gbr), and Drill (.tap)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Write Formats:<\/strong> CIF (.cif) Oasis(.oas) GDS-II (.gds), DXF (.dxf)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operating Systems:<\/strong> Windows XP, Vista, 7, 10<\/li>\n<li><strong>Download:<\/strong> CleWin is not free, but is included with the laser writer system for associated users.\u00a0 It is available to via the <a href=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/resources\/downloads\/\">Downloads<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>KLayout<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>KLayout is an open source\u00a0 layout editor published under the GNU public license GPL version 2.\u00a0 Originally only a layout viewer, KLayout now supports editing as well.\u00a0 KLayout excels at file format conversions and is the tool of choice for converting DXF files to CIF.\u00a0 (DXF files can be created with AutoCAD, Solidworks, and nearly all EDA software.) KLayout is also available for Mac OS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Documentation:<\/strong> Manuals and other documentation are available from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.klayout.de\/doc.html\">klayout.de<\/a>\u00a0and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/resources\/downloads\/\">Downloads<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read Formats:<\/strong> CIF (.cif) Oasis(.oas) GDS-II (.gds), GDS-II text (.txt), DXF (.dxf), LEF\/DEF (.lef\/.def), and Gerber PCB project (.pcb)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Write Formats:<\/strong>\u00a0CIF (.cif) Oasis(.oas) GDS-II (.gds), GDS-II text (.txt), DXF (.dxf), LEF\/DEF (.lef\/.def), and Gerber PCB project (.pcb)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operating Systems:<\/strong> Windows XP, Vista, 7, 10,\u00a0 Mac OS, Ubuntu 14\/16, CentOS 6\/7, OpenSuSE<\/li>\n<li><strong>Download:<\/strong> KLayout is available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.klayout.de\/build.html\">klayout.de<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For access to downloadable content, contact <a href=\"mailto:lithography_facility@colostate.edu\">lithography_facility@colostate.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Additional References and Resources<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Wikipedia Pages\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photolithography\">Photolithography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caltech_Intermediate_Form\">Caltech Intermediate Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Microtech s.l.r.:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microtechweb.com\/\">http:\/\/www.microtechweb.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Formats Binary Patterns: The PhotonSteer\u2122 software package uses the Caltech Intermediate Form (CIF) for all binary patterns.\u00a0 CIF is a primitive ASCII two-dimensional drawing format.\u00a0 The hierarchical text-based files &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/resources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resources&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"demann","author_link":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/author\/demann\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/physlabs.colostate.edu\/lithography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}