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GdsViewer Version 2.1 Pesonal License
GdsViewer Version 2.1 Evaluation License
GdsViewer Version 2.1 Professional Single User Commercial License

2006-2008 (c) GB Research, LLC
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1: What's Included
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Installation package includes the following files:

Readme.txt - this file
License.pdf - license file
example.gds - GDSII example file
example.txt - GDSII ASCII example file
example_cut.gds - GDSII cut file
gds.gds2 - GDSII example file for DSPF demonstration
gds.dspf - DSPF example file
example.gvproject - example project
GdsViewer.exe - GDSII Viewer 2.1 executable file
gbru100.dll - GDSII Viewer 2.1 dll file

Help files are located in Help directory.

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2: Installing Windows XP/Vista version.
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Start the installer by launching setup.exe file and follow the instructions.
If you downloaded the package, the Serial Number for your product was sent 
to you by e-mail. If you received the product on CD, the Serial Number is 
printed on the CD sleeve.

To uninstall the product, click on the Start button, Control Panel, choose 
Add or Remove Programs, select the corresponding version of the software 
and click Remove.

The software was tested under Windows XP Professional. It may work on the 
other versions of Windows, but it is not guaranteed.


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3: Limitations
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Personal Version of GdsViewer 2.1 is limited to the maximum input file size 
of approximately 20KB. Attempt to load gds file bigger than the maximum size 
will cause parser to fail. Professional Version uses 64-bit file access, so 
it doesn't have direct limitation on the GDSII file size. The indirect 
limititation on the file size is the amount of virtual memory and design 
memory footprint, which may vary significantly from file to file. 

The Evaluation Version has the full functionality of Professional Version 
and is limited to 30-day evaluation period. 

See License Agreement (License.pdf) for terms of use.

GdsViewer 2.1 has significantly higher limits for GDSII record sizes than the 
original GDSII specification.

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4: Feedback
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Would you like to provide us with feedback, bug report, feature request, etc; 
please use the form on "Contact Us" page at 
http://www.gbresearch.com/contact_us.aspx

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5: Other Notes.
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If you want to install multiple versions of the software, you may do so by 
choosing different installation directories. 
Don't install an updated version of the same major release over the 
existing one; uninstall the existing version first.

Please save the media or downloaded files and serial numbers in case you 
need to reinstall the product in the future.

If you encountered problems during installation or run, please report them 
on http://www.gbresearch.com/contact_us.aspx

The latest version of the software can be obtained at 
http://www.gbresearch.com/gdsviewer/Default.aspx