Converting existing libraries from CDB to OA
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Cadence IC 6.1 and later moved to Open Access (OA) database. Old Cadence Data Base (CDB) libraries are no longer supported with new Cadence IC 6.x releases.
You need to convert your old libraries into OA format. Use the cdb2oa executable which comes
with your Cadence IC 6.1.x installation,
<install dir>/tools/dfII/bin/cdb2oa
Cadence official documentation: CDB to OpenAccess Translator User Guide,
<install dir>/doc/cdboa/cdboa.pdf
External references:
http://eda.engineering.wustl.edu/wiki/index.php/How_to_convert_a_CDB_library_to_an_OA_library
https://www.cs.utah.edu/cadence/data/cdb2oa.pdf
http://wiki.usgroup.eu/wiki/public/tutorials/cdb2oa
Note
The most part of VLSI past designs (e.g. ToPix, ToPix_v2) at present is still in CDB format!