Ansys-Lumerical integration is dependent-package of SiEPIC-Tools, and it offers a layout-first design methodology. This allows the user to directly simulate from the layout, without needing to create the schematic first.
Package features:
Circuit simulations:
Add INTERCONNECT IOs (text labels)
Netlist generation: Creating a Spice netlist suitable for for circuit simulations. This includes extracting the waveguide length (wg_length) for all waveguides.
Menu item "Import circuit to INTC" will automatically: generate the netlist, launch Lumerical INTERCONNECT to perform the circuit simulations. It also allows users to reuse their testbenches by importing their testbench files.
Environmental setup:
Set up project directory to store temporary gds and netlist files
Set up Lumerical installation path to ensure a stable integration with Lumerical simulation softwares