[755-1] Two comments

[Konstantinos Dovrolis <dovrolis@cs.wisc.edu>]

folks

I noticed that a couple of groups had some problems with
the way they structure their design files. Specifically,
do *not* store the layout files that correspond to a logic
design in the directory that Design Architect creates
automatically for that logic design. When you do so, 
IC Station can not "see" these layout files. A suggested
way for managing your files is the following:
Have a directory for each design component. Inside that directory
store the layout files in a separate subdirectory, and the
logic designs in another subdirectory. 

A second comment:
As you saw in the last tutorial, I did not have any layout blocks
that were including both standard cells and full-custom or SDL blocks.
I suggest that you follow this principle, since our experience with
"mixed" blocks in IC Station is that things don't work well. 

In case the previous paragraph is not clear: I do not say that the
entire project has to be made in std-cells or full-custom or SDL blocks.
I say that it is better if an *individual* (lowest-hierarchy-level) layout 
block does not have both std-cells and full-custom blocks.

C.