went through
1. library setup,
2. import gate level verilog netlist
3. read in DEF
and got the pins and area difined: see below
but I got these: every time I tried create_placement
icc_shell> create_placement
Information: linking reference library : /houston/users/sguo/gucdownload/TSMCHOME/digital/Back_End/milkyway/tcbn28hpmbwp35hvt_120a/frame_only_HVH_0d5_0/tcbn28hpmbwp35hvt. (PSYN-878)
Error: No valid link library specified, please check library setup. (PSYN-958)
Error: Could not read the following target libraries:
your_library.db
(UIO-3)
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