GDSFactory training¶

Installation instructions.

1. Install UV¶

# On macOS and Linux.
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# On Windows.
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

2. Download the notebooks¶

• [ ] Download the training notebookshere
• [ ] Open a shell inside the unzipped folder and run

uv venv --python 3.12
uv sync

3. Install VSCode and KLayout¶

• [ ] Download and install VSCode, a Python editor, to open and run the notebooks. When opening VSCode make sure you have selected the python interpreter in the current directory virtual environment .venv/bin/python
• [ ] Download and install klayout
• [ ] Install GDSFactory klayout plugin to be able to see live updates on your GDS files from the klayout GUI Tools --> Manage Packages --> Install New Packages --> GDSFactory