Ganesh, The File->Export->Stream interface does allow the stream (GDS) file to be compressed - if you're talking about IC5141, then there's an option on the form: In IC617 (for example) you just put .gz on the end of the filename. However, I suspect you're not using compression at all - because if you pick "none" (or in IC617 don't use the .gz suffix) it won't be compressed. The stream file however is binary . It's not compressed - but you won't be able to read it as plain text. There's no such thing as ASCII (text) stream format. The closest you have in IC5141 is the "ASCII Dump" option on the form (this doesn't exist in IC617) but that won't be readable in any other tool. So, to summarize, there's no such format as "readable GDS" - it's inherently a binary format. Regards, Andrew.Image may be NSFW.
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