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GUI for opening GDSII files in Blender. This is executed through a gdsiistl and can automatically add materials and dimensions.

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BlenderGDSII

If you want to have presentable 3D images of your microfabrication layout use this! This is a GUI for opening GDSII files in Blender.

What can it do?

  • convert your layout to STL files
    • these can be deselected and selected for Blender
  • open the stl files in Blender
    • add selected materials
    • add selected thickness
    • produce proper eevee-render settings
  • save sessions
  • load sessions
  • delete saved sessions

Works with most GDSII files produced in KLayout,L-Edit or similar software.

This GUI uses the gdsiistl built by Daniel Teal: https://github.com/dteal/gdsiistl

The beautiful tkinter GUI was customized by Tom Schimansky: https://github.com/TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter

All the code was integrated by Niels Burghoorn in this package: https://github.com/SwaggerNiels/BlenderGDSII

Interface

This is the example layout that can be loaded directly: afbeelding

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afbeelding

Installation

Installation is very easy!

  • Make sure you have Blender installed: https://www.blender.org
  • On this github page go to the Releases tab.
  • Here you can download the zip-file, unpack it, and run the BlendGDSII.exe afbeelding

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GUI for opening GDSII files in Blender. This is executed through a gdsiistl and can automatically add materials and dimensions.

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