General commands are those used to select and open a file, select and open a structure and to exit the program.

Open_GDSII

path and file name

Argument is case sensitive. i.e. /drv9/CAD/test1.gds and should be delimited with quotes if it contains spaces.

Open_Structure

Name of the structure to open.

This command generally follows the Open_GDSII command. Structure names are case sensitive. Structure names with spaces in them will need to be quoted.

Zoom_Home

None

If the server has already stored a bitmap in the "home view" then this will be returned. If no image is currently in memory then a display draw is performed on the server and the image is returned.

Redraw

None

Redraw forces the server to "recalculate" the bitmap. This takes into account any changes in parameters made by previous set_ commands since the last bitmap calculation.

Stop

None

If the server receives a Stop command while it is in the process of recalculating the bitmap then it will stop the calculation. Applies also to the get_vector.

Exit

None

Exits. i.e. shuts down the server.