


MPLOT(1ICD)		     1/16/84		      MPLOT(1ICD)



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     mplot - make a plotfile for a masklayout

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     mmmmppppllllooootttt [-vte] [-o masklist] [-n masklist] cell

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     _M_p_l_o_t understands the following options:

     ----vvvv      verbose mode.

     ----tttt      plot terminals with a cross.

     ----oooo_m_a_s_k_l_i_s_t
	     process only the masks in _m_a_s_k_l_i_s_t.  _M_a_s_k_l_i_s_t is a
	     comma- or blank-separated list of masknames.

     ----nnnn_m_a_s_k_l_i_s_t
	     exclude the masks in _m_a_s_k_l_i_s_t from processing.

     ----eeee      Assume the layout is already expanded, do not run
	     the makeboxl and makegln preprocessors.

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     _M_p_l_o_t is a program that creates a plotfile from a layout.
     This file may then be send to a plotter for obtaining hard-
     copy.

     The plotfile contains a description of the contour (``out-
     line'') of the layout geometry.  Unlike preplot (1ICD),
     mplot also finds the contour of layout containing oblique
     geometry.	It works on the "gln" representation of a cell.

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     proj_dir/plotfile		      output file

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     N.P. van der Meijs

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     preplot (1ICD), plotfile(3ICD).














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