xPDK GDS Layer

The typical GDS type of thing, but including some coloring etc. In addition to the basic layer info, there is typical design rule definitions (min/max width, space etc) and derived layers (grow, size, not, xor, …).

Basic definition

full file

<layer name="layer1">
   <gds_number>1</gds_number>
   <gds_datatype>0</gds_datatype>
   <grid>0.001</grid>
   <purpose>Waveguide layer</purpose>
   <color R="10" G="20" B="30"/>
   <visible>true</visible>
   <fillstyle>open</fillstyle>
   <linestyle>fill</linestyle>
   <extend>
    <!-- Show extension -->
    <myprop>1</myprop>
   </extend>
</layer>

name

The name must be defined, be unique and be "identifier".