The BALLISTIC software is available to non-profit organizations only, via this FTP page. If you are interested in the software but qualify as a commercial organization please feel free to download the reference document and contact gdt@eecg.toronto.edu for software availability.
Please note: BALLISTIC requires Mentor Graphics' GDT software to run. You must already have GDT in order to use BALLISTIC. If you do not have a copy of GDT, please contact Mentor for GDT licensing and purchase information.
All organizations may download the postscript reference document (1.7MB) to evaluate the software - click this link then save the resulting file to disk (note: the text portion of the manual is on-line in html format).
To ftp the actual layout software you must qualify as a non-profit organization, and follow the instructions below ...
To download the layout software you must be a member of a non-profit organization.
You must make a direct connection to the University of Toronto ftp file
server in the BALLISTIC directory by following these steps:
Download both the ftp.install script and the ftp.tar.Z file,
then run the ftp.install script to install the software.
Note that the ftp.install and ftp.tar.Z files must be in the same
directory (you can make a temporary directory and move them both there
prior to running the installation). The install script explains what
is happening and prompts for input along the way. Please be sure to delete
old version of BALLISTIC before installing this current version.
Downloading the Software
Installing the Software
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