Install PhotoCAD and CORNERSTONE SOI340nm PDK

Once Python and Pycharm are installed, you can follow the instructions to install PhotoCAD via PIC Studio. After installation, we will find the completed fnpcell and gpdk packages in Lib>site-packages. fnpcell is the main package of PhotoCAD, which is used for parametric layout component scripts and layout routing scripts. gpdk is a collection of all examples in PhotoCAD. It contains both component cell layout scripts and other design templates based on parametric component cells.

To install corner_stone_pdk_SOI340nm package to PhotoCAD, extract corner_stone_pdk_SOI340nm.zip to the project folder (normally it should be named layout1001).