Rubicad Support

What does the software do?

Rubicad's free BECS tool is a polygon-level layout editor. Rubicad provides free Solaris and Linux versions of this tool on their web-site - no strings attached.

Running on the CAEN network

BECS may be run on CAEN Solaris and Linux machines by setting up the following environment variables:

setenv BECSHOME instdir
set path=($BECSHOME/bin $path)

Before running becs for the first time, copy the default configuration file to your home directory:

cp $BECSHOME/default/.* ~/.

To run BECS, type:

becs

at a shell prompt.

Running on the EECS network

Follow the same directions for running on the CAEN network but choose an installation directory available to EECS hosts.

On-line Manuals

A users manual viewable in acroread can be found in $BECSHOME/manual/BECS.

Installed Versions/Platforms

• EECS Network
  • BECS 1.0
    • install dir: /nfs/dusty.eecs/u/becs-1.0 (Solaris)
    • install dir: /nfs/ecad.eecs/w/becs-1.0 (Linux)
• CAEN Network
  • BECS 1.0
    • install dir: /usr/caen/becs-1.0
    • platforms: Solaris, RedHat Linux 7.2

Helpful Links

• http://www.rubicad.net

  Note: To access free download, go to the Search tab and search for "free becs".