8.5.2.2 Design Implementation

During design implementation, a design is placed-and-routed using Designer. Additionally, you can perform static-timing analysis on a design in Designer with the Timer tool. After place-and-route, perform postlayout (timing) simulation with the eProduct Designer ViewSim software.

Place-and-Route

Use Designer to place-and-route your design. Make sure you specify INNOVEDA as the Edif Flavor and Generic as the Naming Style when importing the EDIF netlist into Designer. For information about using Designer, see the Designer User’s Guide .

Static-Timing Analysis

Use the Timer tool in Designer to perform static-timing analysis on your design. For information about using Timer, see the Timer User’s Guide .

Timing Simulation

Perform a timing simulation of your design using ViewSim after placing-and-routing it in Designer. Timing simulation requires information extracted and back annotated from Designer. For information about performing timing simulation, see Timing Simulation and the Innoveda documentation.