Unable to create new cell view

Hello All,

I went back and tried to add some addition parameters into my
functional verilog code (resetall, celldeffine, delay_mode_path, and
timescale). In the process of adding these delay parameters,
something broke and my inverter input no longer changes state. I
spend most of the day trying to remove all these different parameters
but I can't get back to the point where I had a working output plot of
my functional code.

My next step was to just delete my functional block for the inverter
and just recreate it. I deleted the functional block in the library
manager window and now my entire library is broken. I am no longer
able to create a new view in any of my cells. Here is the error that
I am getting;

Library Manager new cellview request for cell "ee103 NOR2"
*WARNING* '/h/dzawac01/ee103/cds.lib', Line 3: Cannot find file '/loc/
packages/cadence/solaris/IC5141/local/ncsu-cdk-1-5-0/cdssetup/
cds.lib'.
*WARNING* '/h/dzawac01/ee103/cds.lib', Line 3: Skipping '/loc/packages/
cadence/solaris/IC5141/local/ncsu-cdk-1-5-0/cdssetup/cds.lib'.
* Field is "appName" *
*Error* hiCreateCyclicField: prompt and choices are required non-nil
parameters

Digital design is not that difficult, but doing it in Cadence is
extremely frustrating.


Thanks,

TuftsEE

 

[Andrew Beckett]

medford.place@gmail.com wrote, on 11/29/08 04:10:

Hello All,

I went back and tried to add some addition parameters into my
functional verilog code (resetall, celldeffine, delay_mode_path, and
timescale). In the process of adding these delay parameters,
something broke and my inverter input no longer changes state. I
spend most of the day trying to remove all these different parameters
but I can't get back to the point where I had a working output plot of
my functional code.

My next step was to just delete my functional block for the inverter
and just recreate it. I deleted the functional block in the library
manager window and now my entire library is broken. I am no longer
able to create a new view in any of my cells. Here is the error that
I am getting;

Library Manager new cellview request for cell "ee103 NOR2"
*WARNING* '/h/dzawac01/ee103/cds.lib', Line 3: Cannot find file '/loc/
packages/cadence/solaris/IC5141/local/ncsu-cdk-1-5-0/cdssetup/
cds.lib'.
*WARNING* '/h/dzawac01/ee103/cds.lib', Line 3: Skipping '/loc/packages/
cadence/solaris/IC5141/local/ncsu-cdk-1-5-0/cdssetup/cds.lib'.
* Field is "appName" *
*Error* hiCreateCyclicField: prompt and choices are required non-nil
parameters

Digital design is not that difficult, but doing it in Cadence is
extremely frustrating.


Thanks,

TuftsEE

I suggest you contact Cadence Customer Support. It's rather hard to tell from
the symptoms you describe precisely what the problem is.

In general it shouldn't be hard, but something is messed up in your environment,
by the sound of things.

Regards,

Andrew.

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Andrew Beckett
Senior Solution Architect - Cadence Design Systems Ltd (UK)