Workspace and Experiments

The workspace layer groups simulation work into projects and experiments. Use it when a design produces multiple runs, notes, result tables, or comparison artifacts.

Projects

A project is the user-facing container for a design effort. It can own libraries, experiments, and generated outputs.

Use a project when:

  • several cells belong to the same design effort

  • you need repeatable experiment folders

  • results should be compared across runs

  • notes and metadata matter as much as the netlist

Experiments

An experiment stores one simulation campaign: inputs, results, notes, and derived analysis.

Good experiment names describe the question being answered:

  • inverter_nominal_delay

  • nand2_pvt_sweep

  • opamp_phase_margin_vs_cc

  • sense_amp_mc_offset

Relationship to User Guide Flow

The workspace layer does not replace the LCV and simulation APIs. It wraps them:

Project
  Library/Cell/View source
  Experiment
    SimTask inputs
    SimResult outputs
    measurement/spec reports
    notes

Start without a workspace for small examples. Add projects and experiments when the number of runs or artifacts becomes difficult to track manually.