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Message started by AA on May 5^th, 2016, 9:09am

Title: Cosmos Scope takes very long to export an image
Post by AA on May 5^th, 2016, 9:09am

Hi!

Exporting an image in Synopsys Cosmos Scope tool takes too long, even though it eventually works. By too long I mean about five to ten minutes.

Anyone has an idea how to make exporting images work faster in this nice tool, please?

Thank you.

Title: Re: Cosmos Scope takes very long to export an image
Post by Geoffrey_Coram on May 23^rd, 2016, 5:41am

Do you have a lot of waveforms in your image, or a lot of points in a few waveforms? I wonder if you have a lot of points, whether the export routine tries to plot every one of them, even if they're closer together than the resolution of the image you're trying to generate.

Title: Re: Cosmos Scope takes very long to export an image
Post by AA on May 23^rd, 2016, 4:13pm

Thanks for replying and the answer is no to both of your questions.

In fact, I figured out the problem. Exporting a non-postscript format while connected to the server through X11 session results in a very long conversion time.

The solution is to either choose EPS format or work on the server directly.

Exporting EPS is very fast even during remote X11 sessions.

Title: Re: Cosmos Scope takes very long to export an image
Post by Geoffrey_Coram on May 24^th, 2016, 7:20am

Interesting! Thanks for posting your solution.