CSE 493/593 Fall 2024

Shared Space Setup

 

Optional for ALL teammates: Create project link

Creating a symbolic link to the project directory is useful for quick & easy access to your shared project files.

To create a link to your project directory, follow these steps in the terminal:

1.   Change to your cse493_593 directory:

cd ~/cse493_593/

2.   Create a link to your shared project directory:

ln -s /shared/projects/CSE493/team-{letter}

 

Replace {letter} with your assigned team letter.

 

For example, if you were part of team k, you would enter:

ln -s /shared/projects/CSE493/team-k

 

You should now have a new directory link in your cse493_593 folder. Type ls -l to verify.

 

For ONE teammate: Create shared project

Have one of your teammates create the project library.

 

1.             In the Library Manager, click on File -> New -> Library

2.             In the dialog box, give the project a name

3.             Set the Directory:

REPLACE {letter} with your assigned team letter

a.             If you created a project link, set the directory to the directory link:

~/cse493_593/team-{letter}/

b.             If you did not create a project link, set the directory path to

/shared/projects/CSE493/team-{letter}

 

 

 

4.             Select “Attach to an existing technology library” when prompted & click OK.

a.             Pick gpdk045 & click OK

 

 

You should now see your newly created project in the library editor.

 

5.   Give access to the library to your teammates, go to the terminal & type:

 

chmod -fR 2770 ~/cse493_593/team-{letter}/{your project}

 

Replace {letter} with your assigned team letter.

Replace {your project} with the name you gave your project.

 

For example, if you are part of team k & you named the project “project” you would type:

chmod -fR 2770 ~/cse493_593/team-k/project/

 

        Alternatively, if you did not set up a directory link, you will need to use the full path:

chmod -fR 2770 /shared/projects/CSE493/team-{letter}/{your project}

 

 

For OTHER teammates: Add shared project

The other teammates that did not create the shared project will need to add it to their Virtuoso path with the following steps:

1.   Go to Edit -> Library Path…

2.   In a blank cell give a name for the library (this is what will show up in the Library Manager)

3.   For the path, point it to the newly created library that your teammate created.

 

4.   Go to File -> Save or use CTRL+S to save the library. There should be no errors & it should highlight blue to indicate a valid library was found.

5.   Close the Library Path Editor.

You should now see the project in the Library Manager.

 

 

For ALL teammates: Copy files to shared project

To copy designs that you already have made to your shared project, right-click on the library/cell/view that you want to copy.

Make sure that the “To” section is pointed to your shared project. You can give the cell a different name if multiple versions are included to avoid naming conflicts.

Click OK to begin copying the files. Overwrite “data.dm” if prompted. If other files are to be overwritten, check to make sure that you don’t overwrite the wrong files.

 

 

 

        Copied files are by default set to read/write only for the owner of the files. To give your teammates access to read/write files go to terminal & type:

               chmod -fR 2770 ~/cse493_593/team-{letter}/

 

        Replace {letter} with your assigned team letter.

For example, if you are part of team k you would type:

chmod -fR 2770 ~/cse493_593/team-k/

 

        Alternatively, if you did not set up a directory link, you will need to use the full path:

chmod -fR 2770 /shared/projects/CSE493/team-{letter}/

 

 

 

        You are now ready to work on your project together. Remember that all files added later that were created locally will need to have the permissions changed with the above commands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images & tutorial created by Anthony Roberts October 2024.