A Chinese reference manual that introduces Cadence EDA tools, environment setup, and basic usage for beginners.
This manual provides an overview of Cadence, a major EDA software suite, and describes its role in ASIC, FPGA, and PCB design. It outlines the typical ASIC design flow and highlights the main tools such as Verilog‑XL, Composer, Analog Artist, Virtuoso Layout Editor, and Dracula.
The guide includes detailed steps for configuring the Cadence environment (editing .cshrc, .cdsenv, .cdsinit files), launching individual tools, and basic skill language programming. Appendices contain example files and command scripts for reference. This manual is written in Chinese.
Edit the .cshrc file to set the Cadence installation path and license file, then configure .cdsenv and .cdsinit files as needed.
After configuring the environment, launch Verilog‑XL from the Cadence tools menu or via the command line as described in the manual.