REGARDING Information on translators I am looking for information on the best way to translate between Cadence Layout Editor files (or GDSII, also called stream output) and AutoCad DXF format, or NASTRAN or PATRAN for finite element analysis. We are mainly interested in supported commercial software rather than university unsupported software. Any information on commercial vendors of such translation software would be greatly appreciated. Jon Bernstein jbernstein@draper.com