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UNIX environment setup:

source /usr/local/config/cds_config/CdsRC_122.rc

Basic usage:

rc [-bg] [-dft] [-ctos] [-cmdfile <string>] [-del_scale 10] [-display <display>] 
   [-E] [-execute <string>] [-files <string>] [-lsf_cpus <integer>] [-lsf_queue <string>] 
   [-gui] [-logfile <string>] [-N <integer>] [-no_custom] [-nogui] [-overwrite] [-post <string>]
   [-queue] [-wait <integer>] [-rcl] [-rcp] [-use_license <string>] [-vdi] [-vdi_xl] [-version]

For a description of various options and switches use -help,

rc -help

Log files optional switches (defaults are rc.log and rc.cmd created in the same directory where you launch rc)

mkdir log
rc [-logfile ./log/rc.log] [-cmdfile ./log/rc.cmd]

Useful alias that can be added to your ~/.cshrc

alias rc 'rc -logfile ./log/rc.log -cmdfile ./log/rc.cmd'

RTL Compiler initialization file (if exists)

~/.cadence/.synth_init

An empty initialization file just prevent RTL Compiler to show you feedback-related startup messages,

touch ~/.cadence/.synth_init

To list all RC available commads use:

rc:/> help

Command types:

• analysis commands
• ChipWare commands
• constraints commands
• customization commands
• design manipulation commands
• design for test (DFT) commands
• GUI commands
• general commands (e.g. UNIX-like commands lls, lpwd etc.)
• input/output commands
• low-power commands
• multiple supply voltage commands
• navigation commands
• physical commands
• read/write structured data-path (SDP) files commands
• synthesis commands (e.g. elaborate, synthesize)

Automatically generate TCL tempalte control scripts:

rc:/> write_template [options] -outfile <filename>

rc:/> help write_template

Full template:

rc:/> write_template -outfile template_full.tcl -full

Note

The RTL Compiler command prompt understands TCL commands!

rc:/> puts "Hello world!"
Hello world!

No help available for native TCL commands,

rc:/> help source
No matching commands found

set_attribute library /path/to/technology/library/libName.lib 
read_hdl -v2001 /path/to/design.v
elaborate
synthesize -to_generic
synthesize -to_map
write_hdl