Layout with GDSFactory
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`GDSFactory <https://gdsfactory.github.io/IHP/>`_ provides a Python-based alternative to manual layout editors like KLayout. Instead of drawing geometries by hand, you write Python code to generate your layouts.

Advantages over manual layout
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**AI-assisted design**
    Generate layout code using AI tools, accelerating the design process. Large language models can write GDSFactory scripts, enabling rapid prototyping and iteration.

**Automated design**
    Parameterize and script your cells, enabling batch generation and design-space exploration. Sweep device dimensions, spacings or array configurations with a simple loop.

**Complex systems**
    Build hierarchical layouts programmatically, making it easier to create large-scale designs such as photonic, RF or mixed-signal systems that would be tedious to draw by hand.

**Reproducibility**
    Layouts defined as code are version-controlled, testable and shareable. Every design change is tracked in git, and layouts can be regenerated deterministically.

Getting started
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See the IHP GDSFactory plugin documentation for installation instructions, tutorials and examples:

https://gdsfactory.github.io/IHP/

* Documentation: https://gdsfactory.github.io/IHP/
* Source: https://github.com/gdsfactory/gdsfactory