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• Altifigence Documentation

  Find the right Altifigence product, download it, and follow the setup guide.

• Getting started: save and reopen your first file

  Choose Cloud or the desktop app, create or open a small RTL file, save a change and reopen the file to check that the change stayed.

• Downloads

  Download Digital Design Studio, which includes ALcad in the integrated application, and verify the published release for your platform.

• System Requirements and Network

  Digital Design Studio: System Requirements and Network. Check the requirements and troubleshooting steps for Windows 2.1.2.3, Linux 2.1.2.3 or Cloud 2.1.2.10.

• Install on Linux

  Install Digital Design Studio 2.1.2.3 on Linux, or install the separately verified Altifigence CLI 0.1.9 archive.

• First Launch and Account Access

  First Launch and Account Access. Check the selected host, account permissions and current support before use.

• Verify Downloads

  Check the release checksum and signature before installing an Altifigence artifact.

• Local Workspaces and Data Boundaries

  Keep project files local, back them up, and know when an action sends data online.

• Troubleshooting

  Digital Design Studio: Troubleshooting. Check the requirements and troubleshooting steps for Windows 2.1.2.3, Linux 2.1.2.3 or Cloud 2.1.2.10.

• Error codes

  Public error codes that ALcad and Digital Design Studio show on screen, listed by product.

• Desktop installation, updates and Cloud differences

  Choose Windows, Linux or Cloud, verify an update, save project backups and check the installed result.

• Release Notes

  Digital Design Studio 2.1.2 release notes and earlier release history.

• Get started as an engineer

  Choose a design task, save its source and inspect the result in the guide for your host.

• Install on Windows

  Install Digital Design Studio 2.1.2.3 on Windows and verify its signed MSIX package.

• Get started as a team lead

  Check project access, saved work and organization resources before assigning the next design task.

• Altifigence MCP

  Availability and connection guidance.

• Get started as an administrator

  Find the guides for organization context, project access, account security and resource usage.

• Connecting to MCP

  Check availability before connecting a client.

• MCP connection, sign-in and permissions

  Identify the Cloud endpoint, inspect local connection availability and distinguish staff DX device login.

• MCP tools

  Check which connection a tool belongs to.

• Connect Altifigence to ChatGPT

  Install the published connection, review consent and verify a saved-file read with the five published read tools.

• Codex MCP connection

  Hosted connection availability for Codex.

• Claude Code and Cloud MCP

  Distinguish client configuration, Cloud authorization and a successful saved-file read.

• MCP troubleshooting

  Find the next step for a connection problem.

• MCP security and compatibility

  Use version-specific guidance and protect project data.

• Antigravity and Cloud MCP

  Distinguish Antigravity configuration, Cloud authorization and a successful saved-file read.

• Products

  Use RTL, ISA, Evolve and the dedicated ALcad CAD workspaces inside Digital Design Studio.

• Digital Design Studio

  Digital Design Studio 2.0.2: Digital Design Studio. Check the selected host, account permissions and current support before use.

• Digital Design Studio Settings

  Digital Design Studio Settings. Check the selected host, account permissions and current support before use.

• Dashboard, windows and the workspace

  Organize DDS, ALcad and Agent windows, find a window, review Live Run and check the active Usage period.

• Find saved analysis results

  Open Analysis, group available results and distinguish an empty list from a completed measurement.

• Digital Design Studio Diagnostics

  Digital Design Studio Diagnostics. Check the selected host, account permissions and current support before use.

• First RTL simulation in Digital Design Studio

  First RTL simulation in Digital Design Studio for Windows. Open the counter example, run its testbench on your PC and read the waveform.

• View a GDS Layout

  Open saved GDS layouts in Cloud or Windows My PC projects and review structures, geometry and file details.

• Open RTL and inspect available analysis views

  Open a saved RTL file, arrange the editor and check whether structural or waveform results are available.

• Run a SPICE DC Operating Point in Cloud

  Save a resistor and DC-source circuit, choose the R/I or R/I/V analysis, and read its node voltages and branch currents.

• ISA workflows in Digital Design Studio

  Read, edit and save CX architecture source in Digital Design Studio, and insert CX declaration snippets from Library.

• ALcad

  Use the dedicated ALcad schematic, PCB, 3D and SI/PI workspaces inside Digital Design Studio.

• Evolve in Digital Design Studio

  Open saved Evolve result files and review recorded candidates, metrics and RTL in your Digital Design Studio project.

• Windows local files and legacy WSL projects

  Open a Windows project folder and preserve an older WSL project when moving its saved files.

• Source control and saved changes

  Review saved diffs, stage deliberate changes and keep local commits distinct from remote synchronization.

• ALcad circuits, component library and SPICE analysis

  Build and save circuits, select library parts and configure OP, DC, AC, transient and noise analysis.

• Check PCB workspace and export availability

  Open PCB Layout, inspect its readiness and distinguish unavailable editing from a saved or exported board.

• Edit and preserve a 3D CAD draft

  Set a box and subtracting cylinder, read build status and preserve the editable feature document.

• Wafer process and fab models

  Build a layered wafer recipe or a fab schedule and inspect profiles, conservation and equipment utilization.

• Plugins and Third-Party Tools

  Use optional external-tool integrations in Digital Design Studio on Windows.

• Altifigence Cloud

  Sign in to Altifigence Cloud and see the projects and services available to your account.

• Work with Agent: questions, web search and history

  Choose a task and effort, review project context and search consent, then manage device and account conversations.

• Open a Cloud project and check its access

  Open saved source, inspect project settings and understand when sharing and runtime actions are available.

• Use vFactory: explore a fab and follow a design to wafer

  Open vFactory in Digital Design Studio, walk through the reference fab, replay a simulation, inspect EUV models and follow a Cloud GDS layout to a virtual wafer.

• Accounts, Licences, and Billing

  Digital Design Studio: Accounts, Licences, and Billing. Check the selected host, account permissions and current support before use.

• Analyze saved RTL in Cloud

  Saved RTL analysis on Cloud is not open to customers yet. For RTL simulation, use the Windows testbench in First RTL simulation.

• Account security and phone-number verification

  Open Account settings, verify an optional phone number when available, and distinguish sessions from project and MCP permissions.

• Manage your organization in the admin window

  Open the admin window and manage members, groups and roles, policies, connections, usage, billing and the audit log of a team plan organization.

• Developer interfaces

  Start with the signed CLI Preview and check which developer interfaces are available today.

• Action and capability contract

  Distinguish action discovery, installed capability reports, preflight, execution, and server authority.

• CLI authentication

  Sign in with native Cloud PKCE and distinguish its session from explicitly configured DDS service credentials.

• Altifigence CLI

  Install the signed Linux CLI and choose native XLS, CUDA, DDS, or explicitly scoped Cloud operations.

• CLI First Success

  Evaluate a small XLS request on CPU, then optionally validate an offline job envelope and source boundary.

• CLI command reference

  Parse CLI command output, receipts, structured errors, and exit statuses correctly.

• CLI command surface

  Understand how the shipped alti binary routes a command line, which namespaces are reachable in this release, what every exit code means, and where each command actually runs.

• CLI automation and CI

  Provision a verified CLI installation and automate bounded local work, receipts, and explicit backend checks.

• CLI engine commands

  Use local design engines, native XLS and CUDA, and DDS authoring with explicit limits and input contracts.

• CLI job and cloud commands

  Use offline job preflight, native DDS Cloud sign-in/search/terminal, explicit DDS HTTP services, and local action manifest discovery.

• DDS Plugin SDK

  Install public DDS Plugin SDK 1.2 and use workflows, cache, tool streams, LSP and stable APIs.

• Architectures

  See how Altifigence workflows fit into FPGA deployment and ASIC implementation.

• Plugin SDK Development and Releases

  Development, verification, release tools and 1.2 workflows, incremental cache, external tools and public LSP bridge.

• Edge FPGA deployment

  Follow the stages from an RTL project to a programmed edge FPGA.

• ASIC process

  Follow the stages from reviewed RTL through implementation and signoff.

• Read your plan and usage

  Find the current plan and included usage for your selected organization.

• Read your weekly QUOTA

  Find the remaining weekly QUOTA, reserved usage and next reset for your organization.

• When QUOTA cannot cover a request

  Check a QUOTA refusal, read the reset time and choose how to continue.

• Choose an organization in Cloud

  Open a project in the organization you need, then check the selected organization on the dashboard.

• Create a Cloud project

  Check your current organization, create a Cloud project and open its workspace.

• Open a saved Cloud project and check your changes

  Choose a saved project in your organization, edit an existing text file and reopen it to check the saved change.

• Find a missing Cloud project

  Check the account, organization and project access, then retry a project list that failed to load.

• Choose the right subscription and usage context

  Find your personal subscription and read the selected organization's shared allowance.

• Read your current plan status

  Check the plan shown in Digital Design Studio and open your subscription details.

• Read QUOTA period details

  Compare the granted, remaining, used and reserved allowance for the active period.

• Read recent metering usage

  Read the task identifiers, states and times in your organization's recent usage entries.

• Ask about a missing QUOTA grant

  Record the displayed grant status and ask support to check an expected allowance.

• Ask about a usage difference

  Collect the organization, allowance period and available task details for a usage inquiry.

• Check a Cloud file after a save error

  Preserve your text under a new name, then reopen the original file to check its saved contents.

• Choose an MCP connection

  Choose customer Cloud MCP or the local XLS tools in Altifigence CLI for your client.

• Reconnect after MCP authorization expires

  Reconnect customer Cloud MCP with the intended account and organization after an HTTP 401 response.

• Restart a file read when the saved version changes

  Read one saved snapshot from the beginning when file or manifest versions change between chunks.

• Check a denied or missing MCP tool

  Check the connection grant, organization policy and project access for customer Cloud read tools.

• Understand cost-equivalent hours

  Read the one-core hour unit used to express your weekly QUOTA.

• Included QUOTA and purchased Credit

  Distinguish the included allowance from purchased balances.

• Existing allowances and the weekly transition

  Read an eligible existing allowance and the weekly period that follows it.

• Understand QUOTA reservations

  Distinguish a request's estimated reservation from settled usage.

• Weekly QUOTA and subscription billing

  Distinguish a seven-day allowance window from monthly or yearly subscription billing.

• Open the reference fab in vFactory

  Open the example reference fab, change the view and check its layout and assumptions.

• Run your first process model in vFactory

  Open Process models, check the example inputs, run the model and read the result.

• Keep unsaved edits when a file cannot be saved

  Keep your changes after a save error, save them under a new name and close tabs without losing work.

• Take your first walk in vFactory

  Focus the fab view, move forward and sideways, and turn with the keyboard or navigation buttons.

• Look inside the EUV model in vFactory

  Open an EUV scanner's inside view, follow its optical path and read its sources.

• Calculate your first EUV budget in vFactory

  Review the source and scan inputs, calculate an EUV budget and read the optical and photon results.

• Understand the EUV structure model and calculations

  Distinguish the educational structure model from optical-budget results and read each view's assumptions.

• Read Git commit history

  Find a commit, read its details and open a changed file in the Windows app.

• Read a Git diff

  Compare saved working files, staged changes and committed files in the Windows app.

• Stage changes and create a Git commit

  Select saved changes, review the staged files and create a local commit in the Windows app.

• Save your work before updating

  Review the work listed before a Digital Design Studio update on Windows, cancel to save it, or choose whether to continue.

• Hide, reopen, or quit on Windows

  Keep Digital Design Studio running in the tray, reopen its window, or quit the app.

• Guest access and account services

  Use Windows local tools as a guest and sign in when you need account features.

• Where Windows desktop data is stored

  Locate local project files, app state and saved sign-in on Windows desktop.

• Return to DDS after browser sign-in

  Finish Windows desktop sign-in, copy a waiting sign-in link, or cancel and start again.

• When a desktop download is unavailable

  Read the Windows download status and distinguish an unavailable download from a failed file verification.

• Retry an update after a DDS window check stops it

  Save your work, close other DDS windows and check again when the Windows updater stops before installation.

• Enter missing Git author details

  Enter the author details requested at commit and check saved, staged changes in a local Windows project.

• Save and reopen ALcad documents

  Keep editable circuit and solid files, and save them in a Windows project.

• Open a circuit sample

  Open an official ALcad circuit sample and keep an editable copy.

• Run your first digital circuit

  Use a two-input AND gate to read a time waveform and a truth table.

• Circuit file versions

  Understand how ALcad records the parts and settings in an editable circuit file.

• Editable circuits and analysis results

  Keep the circuit you edit and the results you want to review.

• Check a project document save

  Read save messages and reopen a circuit or solid document in a Windows project.

• Connect circuit pins

  Draw wires between pins and check their electrical nets in ALcad.

• Find and place a component

  Search the ALcad component library and place a component in a circuit.

• Change component properties

  Edit a component’s reference, values, position and rotation, then check its pins and nets.

• Save and restore ALcad settings

  Export ALcad settings to JSON and review imported settings before applying them.

• Circuit grid and connections

  Understand component positions, pin connections and the ground net in ALcad.

• Save and reopen an editable solid

  Download a solid document and reopen its applied features to continue editing.

• Set solid dimensions and combine shapes

  Set a box and cylinder in millimeters, then apply a union or subtraction.

• Export a solid mesh as STL or OBJ

  Export a calculated triangle mesh in millimeters and keep an editable solid document.

• Edit a solid profile and its constraints

  Create an extruded profile from XY vertices and edit rectangle dimensions or sketch constraints.

• Solid feature history and the calculated mesh

  Choose an editable solid document for feature work and a triangle mesh for geometry exchange.

• Keep your solid document when a build fails

  Read the build failure, preserve applied features and retry the calculation or edit the document.

• Plan catalog and current plan

  Find published plan features and storage allowances, then read your organization's current plan.

• QUOTA states and messages

  Look up allowance, loading, grant-verification and exhaustion messages in the QUOTA summary.

• Time-pack balances and readiness

  Read purchased pack balances and expiry, and distinguish them from included QUOTA and existing Credit.

• Check your account security

  In Cloud, open Settings > Account & security to review your personal sign-in and security details.

• Audit capacity

  Read your organization's audit capacity, stored usage and forecast.

• Audit retention and record removal

  Understand the retention setting and deletion status shown for your organization.

• Organization roles and project access

  Understand organization roles and project access.

• Permissions and recent sign-in

  Understand organization permissions and the recent sign-in check in the Cloud admin window.

• When the admin window cannot load

  Check the message, retry loading or renew your Cloud session.

• Return to personal settings from the admin window

  Use the personal organization notice to open your settings in Cloud.

• Read your effective access

  Understand the role badge and the admin sections available in the selected team organization.

• Organization roles, seats and tiers

  Organization roles, seats and tiers describe different aspects of membership.

• Admin section permissions

  Look up the effective permissions used to show each admin section.

• Sign out after saving your work

  Save your edited files and sign out from the Cloud or Windows navigation panel.

• Sign in again to open the admin window

  Renew your Cloud sign-in or retry an account check in the admin window.

• Archive and restore project windows

  Organize your Cloud project window list and restore an archived window.

• Check Cloud storage

  Read your organization's storage use and limit from a selected project, then check QUOTA separately.

• Create a project sharing link

  Choose view or edit access and copy a 24-hour link for your personal Cloud project.

• Delete a Cloud project

  Check the project, confirm its name and review the refreshed project list after the deletion request is accepted.

• Cloud file sizes and storage values

  Check the accepted file sizes, upload selection and current saved-file totals for a Cloud project.

• Import and export saved project files

  Move saved Cloud files with a DDS project archive and choose the import destination.

• Read a Cloud project's job list

  Inspect the current job list for a Cloud project you own.

• Read a Cloud project's queue

  Inspect the execution queue for a Cloud project you own.

• Leave a shared Cloud project

  Leave a project shared with you and use a valid owner link to join again.

• Manage access to your shared project

  Change a participant's view or edit role and remove project access in Cloud.

• Manage project members

  Add organization members to a Cloud project, change their project roles and remove project memberships.

• Open a saved Cloud file

  Choose the project that owns a saved text file and open its path in Digital Design Studio.

• Pin a project window

  Keep frequently used Cloud windows near the top of their list and unpin them when needed.

• Cloud project identifiers

  Read the organization ID, project ID, address name and workspace generation of a Cloud project.

• View and edit access in shared Cloud projects

  Understand the view and edit access shown for a shared Cloud project.

• Rename a Cloud project

  Change a saved project's name and address name, then check its updated details.

• Reopen a saved analysis result

  Open an existing saved RTL analysis result in your Cloud project.

• Reorder project windows

  Move Cloud windows up or down within their group and save your preferred display order.

• Turn off a project sharing link

  Turn off an active Cloud sharing link and check the updated link status.

• Saved source and unsaved edits

  Recognize unsaved changes and confirm that your Cloud file edits have been saved.

• Save a project's repository connection

  Save, update or remove a repository address and default branch for a Cloud project.

• Free space after a Cloud storage save refusal

  Recognize an organization storage limit notice, free space and retry the save.

• Inspect local compute availability

  Read the installed local compute discovery result before choosing an execution workflow.

• Connect to a configured workspace service

  Connect to your configured workspace service, inspect experiments and retained files, and apply a reviewed one-file replacement with conflict recovery.

• Create a local project

  Create a local project with starter RTL, a testbench and Evolve configuration files.

• Inspect a saved SDC artifact

  Read a project-scoped SDC file and keep its normalized inspection receipt.

• Analyze saved RTL with Evolve

  Run the local focused RTL analyzer and read its target-specific structural evidence.

• Create, replace and delete local files

  Review and apply local file and folder changes with complete authoring plans.

• Elaborate CX and export a decoder

  Turn a small saved CX instruction definition into a decoder and Markdown reference.

• Inspect Labs descriptors

  Read the Labs catalog and validate a local boundary-health descriptor.

• Work with local Git

  Review saved changes, stage selected files, inspect commits and switch local branches with Altifigence CLI.

• Check, evaluate and generate RTL with native XLS

  Check DSLX or XLS IR, evaluate vectors, optimize IR, generate SystemVerilog and save a local job result.

• Run and verify packed RTL on the CPU

  Submit a bounded combinational netlist request and independently replay its saved result.

• Construct a two-pin Manhattan route

  Route one net on a bounded DBU grid and inspect its segments and total length.

• Run static timing and FDTD2D on CPU with alti px

  Query PX operations, run static timing from a project input, keep and reopen the result, and run the FDTD2D fixture on CPU.

• Parse implementation reports and keep the receipts

  Parse a saved timing, area, power, congestion or simulation report into normalized JSON, then store, list and reopen the receipt.

• Simulate saved RTL and keep the result

  Save a bounded RTL simulation request, admit and preflight it, run it, then store, list and reopen the result in your project.

• Read and edit saved local files by SHA-256

  Check a project, list and read saved files, and replace their content only when the expected SHA-256 still matches.

• Inspect, rename and review SystemVerilog locally

  Index saved SystemVerilog, find and rename a symbol through a reviewed plan, review immediate assertions and read the reference catalogs.

• Check the Tcl runtime and evaluate a bounded script

  Read the Tcl runtime descriptors and signed readiness record, then evaluate one bounded script from stdin and check its receipt.

• Inspect, export, and review a trace

  Inspect an .altrace trace, save its timeline and VCD or Chrome exports, and keep the results as a review package you can reopen.

• Install and run the pinned upstream XLS toolchain

  Install the pinned upstream XLS release, check its coverage, and run DSLX module tests and SystemVerilog generation.

• Compare a trace with a golden baseline

  Create a golden-diff baseline from a known-good trace, check later traces against it in text or JSON, and refresh the baseline when a change is intended.

• Store, list and reopen local XLS results

  Run a native XLS request into the project's result store, list stored results and reopen one by its content ID.

• Validate a typed Cloud request

  Check a project, member, source, or workspace request locally and inspect its typed request preview with Altifigence CLI.

• Create a project on this PC

  Choose a parent folder and project name, then create and open a Windows project.

• Open a project on this PC

  Select an existing Windows project folder and open it in the current window.

• Configuration, consent and a Cloud MCP read

  Distinguish client connection details, Account consent and a saved-file read.

• Cloud MCP file continuation reference

  Read file chunks with the correct offsets and saved-file versions.

• Find MCP connection details in Digital Design Studio

  Look up the customer Cloud MCP endpoint, transport and read permission.

• Choose a Cloud project through MCP

  List accessible Cloud projects and read the selected project's workspace state.

• List a Cloud project's saved files through MCP

  Choose a saved-file path from an authorized Cloud workspace.

• Resolve a local MCP tool error

  Check the local XLS connection, tool name and execution receipt.

• Use local XLS tools over MCP

  Connect the verified Linux CLI to a stdio client and use the local XLS tools.

• Read a complete saved Cloud file through MCP

  Follow continuation offsets and check file versions before combining saved-file content.

• Check your Cloud MCP account and organization

  Read the account and organization used by your customer Cloud MCP connection.

• Understand the Cloud MCP read profile

  Identify the tools and permissions of a customer Cloud MCP read connection.

• Customer Cloud MCP read tools

  Look up the identity, project and saved-file read contracts.

• Reconnect a Cloud MCP read connection

  Renew authorization and verify a saved-file read with the intended account and organization.

• Understand saved files and editor changes

  Use the saved Cloud project version when reading files through MCP.

• Understand scopes and project access

  Understand the permission checks that apply to a customer Cloud MCP read.

• Treat project content as untrusted data

  Keep saved-file content separate from your request and the connection's authorization.

• Analog and digital circuit analysis

  Choose the circuit document and calculation that match your analog or digital design.

• Circuit editing and execution on Cloud and Windows

  Understand circuit documents, browser calculations and the account access used by each host.

• Calculate a DC operating point

  Calculate node voltages and branch currents from an analog circuit in ALcad.

• Measure a recorded digital waveform

  Set two time points and read recorded state durations and change counts for one bit.

• Read a digital schematic

  Open a saved digital schematic and inspect its captured hierarchy, nets and RTL source locations.

• Explore a digital time waveform

  Choose signals and move through the recorded samples of a digital circuit.

• Choose the digital waveform value format

  Read waveform values as binary, hexadecimal, unsigned decimal or signed decimal.

• Export digital results

  Download time-waveform results as CSV and truth-table results as JSON or CSV.

• Calculate an RLC response

  Set an AC frequency sweep or a transient step response and inspect its waveform in ALcad.

• Save and reopen a circuit report

  Save RLC or digital analysis results in your Cloud project and open them again.

• Open and download SPICE netlist files

  Open a SPICE input file, edit its netlist and download the input.

• Read a SPICE waveform

  Inspect saved SPICE signal values and units.

• Set SPICE analysis options

  Choose the analysis and inputs for the current analog schematic.

• Import and export STEP or BREP solids

  Open a solid file, set its source coordinates, and download the validated solid as STEP or BREP.

• ALcad component kinds

  Find bundled circuit components by category and check their SPICE model types.

• Digital value display reference

  Read binary, hexadecimal and decimal values in ALcad digital waveforms.

• Official circuit samples and analysis modes

  Find the bundled circuit sample names and the analysis menus in ALcad.

• Solid document format

  Fields, units and accepted values in editable ALcad solid files.

• Fix a digital simulation input or saved result

  Correct the reported duration or input-change entry, or open a result that matches the current circuit.

• Opening a view, changing settings and running a tool

  Distinguish navigation, project settings and a local simulation in Digital Design Studio.

• Understand GDS visualization

  Understand how a saved GDS structure becomes displayed geometry and how to read its units and diagnostics.

• Local tools and account access

  Understand Windows local tools and account services in Digital Design Studio.

• ISA and RTL in one project

  Use ISA authoring and project files in the Cloud project window.

• Match a waveform to its simulation source

  Understand how a local testbench run records its source files and checks the waveform before displaying it.

• Save your first file

  Open a text file from Explorer, save a small edit and reopen the project to check it.

• Use Flow Navigator

  Find project tools, ISA views and stage settings in Digital Design Studio.

• Arrange workspace panels

  Show or hide the sidebars, bottom panel and tool rails in Digital Design Studio.

• Read saved project files with Task analysis

  Review a task plan, approve project access and data transfers, then inspect the answers and run evidence.

• Review and commit Cloud changes

  Review saved Cloud file changes, stage a selection and commit it.

• Set project compile inputs

  Set a project's top module, include directories and defines, then save the settings.

• Find a failed operation in Console

  Find a message or diagnostic code in the Windows Console and keep the details of a failed operation.

• Set editor and terminal preferences

  Adjust fonts, indentation, editor aids and terminal display.

• Change line wrapping and the minimap

  Turn line wrapping and the editor minimap on or off in Digital Design Studio.

• Run an FDTD2D simulation

  Create a saved request, check it and run an FDTD2D simulation on this device's CPU.

• Save and reopen an FDTD2D result

  Save a completed FDTD2D result in the project and open its JSON file again.

• Find and replace text in a file

  Search the open file, replace matching text, or jump to a line in Digital Design Studio.

• Reopen the first-run guide

  Replay the five guide cards from the Cloud account menu.

• Change the editor font size

  Increase, decrease, or reset the editor font size in Digital Design Studio.

• Format a file and toggle line comments

  Format a JSON file and add or remove line comments in a source file in Digital Design Studio.

• Save a GDS file in a Cloud project

  Save a new GDS project file, check its destination and open the saved copy.

• Inspect GDS structures, layers and geometry details

  Choose a GDS structure, control layer visibility and read the projection details.

• Inspect existing Git worktrees

  Find existing worktrees and read their branch, path, HEAD and state.

• Inspect a saved architecture view

  Open a saved RTL graph and switch between Overview, Diagram and Context.

• Inspect a saved 3D hierarchy

  Inspect blocks and connections in a saved 3D hierarchy.

• Inspect a saved schematic

  Follow signals and open source references in a saved schematic.

• Inspect saved structural connections

  Open a saved RTL graph, select components and follow their connections.

• Create an architecture declaration

  Add word width, address width and endianness to an empty CX document.

• Create an encoding format declaration

  Add a named bit layout to an empty CX document.

• Create a first ISA category or instruction

  Add a first category or instruction declaration to an empty CX source in Cloud and save the file in your project.

• Create a register file declaration

  Add a register count and width to an empty CX document.

• Manage project files and folders

  Create project files and folders, and rename or delete files in Cloud.

• Manage saved analysis reports

  Open an existing analysis report or delete a saved run from your Cloud project.

• Preview a Markdown file

  Open a Markdown file and read its rendered content beside the editor.

• Choose how notifications appear

  Choose popup and bell delivery, then read notifications from the bell.

• Open a saved layout in KLayout

  Install KLayout in Digital Design Studio on Windows and open a saved GDSII or OASIS layout.

• Open a separate window

  Open a saved file in another window, or open a Cloud DDS or ALcad work surface separately.

• Open your project in Visual Studio Code

  Add the VS Code integration and open your saved project files from Digital Design Studio on Windows.

• Find plugins in the catalog

  Search and filter the plugin catalog, then read a plugin’s details and installation status in Digital Design Studio.

• Search project files

  Find files and text in your project, then open a result in the editor.

• Read file properties

  Check the focused file’s name, path, saved state and cursor position.

• Open a file by name

  Find a project file by its name or path and open it in the editor.

• Read and fix RTL problems on Windows

  Find a reported RTL diagnostic, open its source line and check the list after editing in the Windows app.

• Go to an RTL declaration on Windows

  Open a signal's declaration from its use in a Windows RTL project.

• Explore the RTL hierarchy on Windows

  Expand the module tree and open a module's source or view in a Windows RTL project.

• Read RTL symbol information on Windows

  Show information for a symbol in the Windows source editor.

• Navigate the RTL outline on Windows

  Find a signal or instance in the current file and open its source line on Windows.

• Find RTL references on Windows

  Find uses of a signal from the Windows source editor.

• Preview and apply an RTL symbol rename on Windows

  Review the files and edits for a symbol rename, then confirm the change on Windows.

• Read RTL function parameter hints on Windows

  Show a function's signature while entering its arguments in the Windows editor.

• Save a file under a new name

  Save the editor contents to a new project path in Cloud.

• Arrange side-panel tabs and groups

  Add views, split side-panel groups and move tabs into a useful layout.

• Inspect a testbench waveform

  Find signals, compare cursor values and replay a waveform from a local Windows testbench run.

• Run a configured SPEF RC analysis

  Calculate Elmore RC delay and static linear-resistor voltage drop from a saved SPEF file and configuration.

• Compare SPEF parasitic corners

  Compare minimum, typical and maximum SPEF parasitics using the same nets, endpoints and load currents.

• Save and reopen a SPEF report

  Save a SPEF summary, configured analysis or corner comparison as a project JSON report and open it again.

• Summarize passive SPEF resistance and capacitance

  Read net, resistor and capacitance counts and capacitance totals from a saved SPEF input.

• Calculate an R/I DC operating point

  Calculate node voltages and branch currents for a saved resistor and DC current-source circuit in Altifigence Cloud.

• Calculate an R/I/V DC operating point

  Calculate a saved DC circuit with resistors and independent current and voltage sources in Altifigence Cloud.

• Compare files in split editors

  Place two file tabs side by side in Digital Design Studio, then bring them back into one editor group.

• Check and select testbench simulators

  Check the simulator extension and choose Icarus Verilog or Verilator for a local Windows testbench.

• Import and apply a theme XML file

  Load a theme XML file, review its colors and apply it in Digital Design Studio on Windows or Cloud.

• Choose waveform signals from a module

  Find signal candidates in saved RTL and select individual signals or a whole group.

• Run a Windows SPICE DC calculation with R/I

  Calculate node voltages and branch currents for a saved resistor and independent current-source circuit on your PC.

• Run a Windows SPICE DC calculation with R/I/V

  Calculate a saved circuit with resistors, independent current sources and independent voltage sources on your PC.

• Saved analysis artifacts

  Files and recorded data from local Testbench simulation on Windows desktop.

• Flow Navigator sections and views

  Find section names and view entries in Digital Design Studio's Flow Navigator.

• GDS input values

  Accepted file formats, input sizes and geometry budgets for the GDS viewer.

• Git status

  Read change groups and file status markers in Source Control on Windows desktop.

• Cloud project file actions

  Look up Cloud file transfer actions, upload values and messages in Digital Design Studio 2.1.2.10.

• Testbench simulation receipt

  Read the saved receipt and waveform identity fields for Windows 2.1.2.3 testbench runs.

• Saved SPICE DC result files

  Look up the accepted format and size of saved SPICE DC result files on Windows 2.1.2.3.

• When a saved GDS file cannot be read

  Check the project, file path and size, then reload the saved GDS input.

• When a testbench does not run

  Check testbench discovery, simulator installation, file saves and reported errors in a local Windows project.

• Understand the cleanroom concentration proxy

  Follow the assumptions from ISO class and downflow to environment D0 and yield estimates.

• Understand preview and Run

  Use preview for wafer geometry and yield estimates, and Run for lot completion and delivery.

• Understand the reference fab assumptions

  Read the assumptions behind the reference fab and its model inputs.

• Understand yield estimates in vFactory

  Read the defect-density inputs and the three model probabilities in a yield estimate.

• Change the reference fab’s tool count

  Choose 200–400 reference tools, open the updated example and check the tool total.

• Link cleanroom assumptions to the reference fab

  Use the reference environment sliders to recalculate defect-density, yield and expected good-die estimates.

• Choose a reference-fab route and lot quantities

  Review the route, lot count, wafers per lot and release timing before running a design in vFactory.

• Import a design source

  Load a design input JSON package into vFactory and review its source before calculating a preview or running the reference fab.

• Pause and resume DUV stages

  Create a checkpoint after each completed planar DUV stage, pause at a stage boundary, and continue from the next stage. These steps apply to Cloud 2.1.2.10 and Windows 2.1.2.3.

• Attach a computed device result to a DUV wafer

  Import and review a computed MOS or PN device receipt, then attach it to the current DUV wafer. These steps apply to Cloud 2.1.2.10 and Windows 2.1.2.3.

• Run and save a linked DUV process

  Connect wafer stages to fab equipment, run the DUV segment, and save the flow locally or in the selected project. These steps apply to Cloud 2.1.2.10 and Windows 2.1.2.3.

• Save and reopen an EUV clip setup

  Save the current clip setup as a new project file, then reopen it.

• Calculate an EUV optics and photon budget

  Use EUV calculation in Cloud 2.1.2.10 or Windows 2.1.2.3 to compare model inputs and results.

• Export the reference fab model

  Request a JSON download of the opened reference fab’s simulation input and confirm the export status.

• Save a fab scene photo

  Open Photo in a prepared Cloud 3D scene, set the samples and exposure, and save the rendered image as PNG.

• Run a seeded fab model with batches and maintenance

  Set the seed, edit batch and preventive maintenance inputs, run the model and compare tool state shares.

• Follow a lot through the 3D fab

  Select a lot from a completed fab run and follow its carrier between tool slots.

• Import fab data into a seeded model

  Import a fab model or related source files, resolve import diagnostics and review the adopted model.

• Import a fab model as a layout

  Open a complete fab-model JSON file in Reference fab and check the generated layout preview.

• Measure distances in a vFactory fab

  Pick two scene points or enter their coordinates to read distance and height differences.

• Calculate a MOS capacitor C–V curve

  Apply ideal Si/SiO₂ capacitor inputs, calculate LF and HF capacitance per unit area, and save a MOS-C project document.

• Import prepared process input for a MOS capacitor

  Review the source and conversion details of prepared MOS input, then adopt it for a capacitor calculation or keep direct inputs.

• Move between levels in vFactory

  Choose a destination level, walk to its stairs or elevator, and change levels.

• Replay lots and tool states

  Play a recorded fab run, choose a simulation time and inspect the state of a lot or tool.

• Calculate a PN device I–V sweep

  Apply direct doping or link a process recipe, calculate a PN bias sweep, and save a PN project document.

• Run and replay reference AMHS transport

  Enable reference AMHS, review its assumptions, run the reference simulation and replay recorded vehicle movements.

• Choose rendering quality and inspect the graphics device

  Choose a 3D quality tier, read render diagnostics and enable dynamic resolution in Cloud.

• Reopen a saved design-to-wafer result

  Open a project result to review its design, geometry, yield estimates and lot summary.

• Save process inputs and export results

  Keep the current process inputs, or export a computed result with the inputs used for that run.

• Save a seeded fab input and result

  Save the current seeded v2 input, export a completed run and reopen the saved input.

• Save a fab scene and update its layout

  Save and reopen scene files, keep a scene in a project, and choose between synchronizing the process model and creating a new layout.

• Place equipment and edit route waypoints

  Move, rotate and remove equipment placements in the fab scene, then add and move route waypoints.

• Import backend durations for delivery estimates

  Import backend step durations into Design to wafer, inspect the steps and calculate delivery estimates.

• Build a wafer process recipe

  Set the materials, starting layers and process steps used by a wafer model.

• Lot completion and delivery times

  Read lot states, cycle times and delivery totals in Design to wafer.

• Design to wafer inputs

  Look up source-package fields, numeric input ranges and backend JSON values.

• EUV clip parameters

  Look up clip-planning defaults and optical request values for local EUV imaging.

• Fab model

  Look up the synthetic reference model and the structure and values accepted for a fab layout import.

• Render backends

  Look up rendering backends, quality levels and the true-scale plan fallback.

• Scene defaults

  Look up initial wafer, walking and environment values, their units and accepted ranges.

• Fab layout could not be opened

  Choose a complete exported model and import its layout again.

• 3D acceleration unavailable

  Continue with the true-scale plan or try the 3D map again.

• Project files are unavailable

  Restore project-file access before running the current process model.

• Project save failed

  Retry saving a completed design-to-wafer result after its project save fails.

• Refresh an earlier process result

  Run the current inputs again when a process result belongs to earlier inputs or a project revision.