i'm sure there's a better way out there, but i used a program called
LinkCAD to turn CIF files into DXF files, which you can then import to
solidworks. that way, you can draw your 2d images in L-Edit, and make
them 3d using solidworks.

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:11:03 -0700 (PDT), Qintao Zhang
 wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I am trying to learn solidworks to draw masks because
> it is simple and can easily transfer 2D to 3D. But I
> find a really hard problem that it's hard to do
> aligments, you must draw different masks separately
> but don't do as Cadence and LEDIT did. Cadence can
> draw different mask on one layer with different
> colors. Who did happen to use solidworks before, do
> you have any ideas for multi-layer design?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Qintao
>
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