Electric is a sophisticated electrical CAD system that can handle many forms of circuit design, including: Custom IC layout (ASICs) Schematic drawing Hardware description language specifications Electro-mechanical hybrid layout (snip, this is an edited version of Electric's homepage) Electric handles these file formats: CIF I/O GDS I/O VHDL I/O DXF I/O PostScript, HPGL, and QuickDraw output For real funcionality, one should consider installing support simulation software such as cad/spice.