{"sections":[{"heading":"Check the requested outputs","steps":["Read the LVS report and output directory to establish whether the comparison itself completed.","Check SETTINGS/OUTPUT. The manual documents WRITE_DOT_GRAPHS and WRITE_DOT_GRAPHS_PDF as separate switches, both disabled by default.","For PDF generation, use an existing compatible Graphviz dot command. On the checked Windows v1.1.05, a full path with spaces failed even when that executable existed; embedded quotes did not recover it. Make its directory available to the LVS child process PATH and configure the simple command name, or use the complete teaching client’s --dot selection.","Repeat the example and inspect the newly produced outputs."]},{"heading":"Interpret the result","paragraphs":["A missing visualisation is not by itself proof that layout and schematic differ. Conversely, a successfully rendered graph is not a passing connectivity comparison. Keep the comparison report with the visual evidence."]},{"heading":"Distinguish the comparison from rendering failure","paragraphs":["The complete version-specific JTL check produced a current LVS PASSED!!! report and four DOT graphs while a full Graphviz path with spaces produced no PDFs. A bare dot command available through the child PATH recovered all four PDFs. The default example disables PDF generation; WRITE_DOT_GRAPHS, WRITE_DOT_GRAPHS_PDF and DELETE_DEBUG_FILES govern different artifacts.","Retain debug files when inspecting DOT output: the teaching settings set DELETE_DEBUG_FILES to false. Require the expected current PDF set after requesting it. A missing/failed renderer can leave the product exit code at 0, and a failed comparison can also return 0. Parse the current comparison report and check requested visualization artifacts separately.","The checked client in the linked first-use guide uses --dot with an existing executable path, child-only PATH discovery and a new results directory. KB-LVS-001/002 track these observed behaviours; Linux rendering and product repairs are not claimed."]}],"canonical_url":"https://www.sun-magnetics.com/knowledge-base/lvs-missing-graph-pdf","url":"/knowledge-base/lvs-missing-graph-pdf","known_issues":[{"disposition":"verified_workaround","id":"KB-LVS-001","title":"a failed LVS comparison returns process exit code zero","public_notice":"Require the current report to explicitly pass connectivity, alongside a normal process exit and fresh outputs. The supplied client rejects the reproduced exit-zero failed comparisons.","claim_scope":"Only the affected claim and recorded build/input; not whole-guide or final-release acceptance"}],"search_record":{"execution":true,"relatedProducts":[],"version_tags":["LVS 1.1.05 manual","LVS 1.1.05 Windows"],"text":"LVS creates a report but no graph PDF Check the graph-output switches and Graphviz path separately from the connectivity result. InductEx-LVS Public Windows LVS v1.1.05; published manual matches package Troubleshooting LVS PDF missing Graphviz dot graph no PDF Program Files Graphviz path spaces DELETE_DEBUG_FILES four DOT PDF child PATH LVS PASSED no PDF Check the requested outputs Read the LVS report and output directory to establish whether the comparison itself completed. Check SETTINGS/OUTPUT. The manual documents WRITE_DOT_GRAPHS and WRITE_DOT_GRAPHS_PDF as separate switches, both disabled by default. For PDF generation, use an existing compatible Graphviz dot command. On the checked Windows v1.1.05, a full path with spaces failed even when that executable existed; embedded quotes did not recover it. Make its directory available to the LVS child process PATH and configure the simple command name, or use the complete teaching client’s --dot selection. Repeat the example and inspect the newly produced outputs.  Interpret the result A missing visualisation is not by itself proof that layout and schematic differ. Conversely, a successfully rendered graph is not a passing connectivity comparison. Keep the comparison report with the visual evidence.  Distinguish the comparison from rendering failure The complete version-specific JTL check produced a current LVS PASSED!!! report and four DOT graphs while a full Graphviz path with spaces produced no PDFs. A bare dot command available through the child PATH recovered all four PDFs. The default example disables PDF generation; WRITE_DOT_GRAPHS, WRITE_DOT_GRAPHS_PDF and DELETE_DEBUG_FILES govern different artifacts. Retain debug files when inspecting DOT output: the teaching settings set DELETE_DEBUG_FILES to false. Require the expected current PDF set after requesting it. A missing/failed renderer can leave the product exit code at 0, and a failed comparison can also return 0. Parse the current comparison report and check requested visualization artifacts separately. The checked client in the linked first-use guide uses --dot with an existing executable path, child-only PATH discovery and a new results directory. KB-LVS-001/002 track these observed behaviours; Linux rendering and product repairs are not claimed. 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Windows/Linux package manuals match the published PDF byte for byte; Linux runtime, maintained source, numerical compact models and final installation are not qualified. Actual browser-downloaded complete five-input LVS JTL ZIP and exact PowerShell 7 article/README command with only executable selections changed; fresh folder with spaces. Separate documented optional Graphviz client route produces four PDFs. Both preserve the same four DOT graph hashes; no numerical compact-model, Linux runtime or final-installation qualification","result":"passed","articles":["lvs-first-settings","lvs-missing-graph-pdf"],"purpose":"current-package-lvs-comparison-and-graph-report-recovery","version":"Public Windows InductEx-LVS v1.1.05 (27 July 2026)","id":"VAL-057","records":["22 independent complete-client, report, package/manual and failure/recovery checks","12 actual-download/exact-command and optional Graphviz checks"],"limit":"Shipped JTL topology example only. No numerical parameter accuracy, DRC, compact-model extraction, Linux execution, maintained-source authority or final installation qualification.","observed":{"runtime_version":"1.1.05 (27 July 2026)","mismatch_product_exit":0,"mismatch_client_exit":3,"catalog_display_version":"v1.1.0.5","pdf_graphs_with_child_path":4,"baseline_nets":12,"dot_graphs":4,"baseline_devices":14,"transformed_layout_notes":3,"transformed_schematic_notes":16}}],"figure_evidence":[],"review_notes":["Windows v1.1.05 report/rendering distinction and child-PATH recovery are now checked. Maintained source, other platforms and arbitrary rendering paths remain unqualified."],"scope":"Recorded inputs/builds only. Complete walkthrough and final-package acceptance remain separate.","verification_requirements":{"gui_method":"not-required-for-this-answer","status":"review-incomplete","illustrations":"not-required-for-this-answer","required":["technical-review","release-applicability","execution","recovery"],"legacy_walkthrough_field":"pending retained; not evidence of a complete scenario"},"sources":[{"id":"published:lvs-manual-1.1.05","section":"Sections 1.4, 6.1.10 and 6.1.11"},{"id":"validation:lvs-workflow-20261104","section":"VAL-057 current report/DOT/PDF checks and Windows path failure/recovery"}]},"title":"LVS creates a report but no graph PDF","type":"Troubleshooting","markdown_url":"/_functions/kbResource?path=markdown%2Flvs-missing-graph-pdf.md","summary":"Check the graph-output switches and Graphviz path separately from the connectivity result.","product":"InductEx-LVS"}