Gdspy’s Documentation

gdspy is a Python module that allows the creation of GDSII stream files.

Most features of the GDSII format are implemented, including support for polygons with any number of vertices.

GDSII format references:

• http://boolean.klaasholwerda.nl/interface/bnf/gdsformat.html
• http://www.artwork.com/gdsii/gdsii/
• http://www.buchanan1.net/stream_description.html

For installation instructions and other information, please check out the GitHub repository or the README file included with the source.

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
  • First GDSII
  • Polygons
    • Holes
    • Circles
    • Curves
    • Transformations
    • Layer and Datatype
  • References
  • Paths
    • Polygonal-Only Paths
    • Flexible Paths
    • Robust Paths
  • Text
  • Geometry Operations
    • Boolean Operations
    • Slice Operation
    • Offset Operation
    • Fillet Operation
  • GDSII Library
    • Units in GDSII
    • Saving a GDSII File
    • Loading a GDSII File
  • Examples
    • Integrated Photonics
    • Using System Fonts
• API Reference
  • Geometry Construction
    • PolygonSet
    • Polygon
    • Rectangle
    • Round
    • Text
    • Path
    • PolyPath
    • L1Path
    • FlexPath
    • RobustPath
    • Curve
    • Label
    • boolean
    • offset
    • slice
    • inside
    • copy
  • GDSII Library
    • Cell
    • CellReference
    • CellArray
    • GdsLibrary
    • GdsWriter
    • LayoutViewer
    • write_gds
    • gdsii_hash
    • get_binary_cells
    • get_gds_units

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