Import Advanced Options

The Import Advanced Options page appears in the Import Wizard when you select the Specify advanced options checkbox in the Import Options page while performing a import.

Arc conversion angle (DXF only): Angle in degrees used for converting arcs and circles to piecewise line segments. The angle, in degrees, is the step size used to divide up the circle or arc. For example if the angle is 10, a circle will become 36 line segments. The default is 10. This option only appears for DXF Imports.

Combining tolerance (DXF only): The tolerance used to join nearly touching objects to form a larger polygon. The default is 0.0011.The units used are those selected in Import Options page. This option only appears for DXF Imports.

Miter rounded polyline corners (DXF only): Polyline rounded corners are "mitered". Straight line segments are used instead of the arcs. This option only appears for DXF Imports.

Merge planar polygons: Selecting this option will combine overlapping or touching polygons of the same metal type and Technology Layer into a single polygon. Only independent polygons of the same metal type or metal polygons assigned to the same Technology Layer are combined. This reduces the number of polygons in your final translated project which often reduces the number of subsections so that your simulation requires less time and memory use. This option only appears for DXF and GDSII imports.

Additional options: This entry should only be used at the direction of Sonnet Support.

Restore Defaults: Click on this button to restore all the settings in this page to their original state when the software was initially installed.

Next: Click on the next button to open the Import Via Options page and continue the import.