Very good opinions,
Another question in this area: Is it possible to change the accuracy of classic simulator like hspice to get an overview of the targer system befor the main long-run simulation? Simply how you can change the accuracy in Hpsice without going to another tool?
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As far as I know, Hsim is the fastest simulation tool for analog circuit. It is often used in the logic part of mixed circuit in my company.
As for the spectre , it is the easiest tool , 'cause you can find schematic in the screen ,then plot the signal you are interested in.
The level of models is used to fit the simulator .
For instance, level 11 is for spectre and level 49 is for Hspice.
If you have the models provided by foundry , i think you can use it to do RF simulation in Hspice or Spectre.
If you are using 'ADS' , you might have to edit the syntax to meet 'ADS' spec.