13.35.12 Designer Tools Menu

Setup Design

Opens the Setup Design dialog box. Enter a design name, select a family, and specify a working directory for your design. You must save your design to commit your changes.

Device Selection

Opens the Device Selection Wizard so you can set your die, package, speed grade, die voltage, reserve pins, etc.

Compile

Compiles the design

Layout

Opens the Layout Options dialog box; select your options and click OK to run layout.

Back-Annotate

Opens the Back-Annotate dialog box; Back-Annotation creates the files necessary for back-annotation to the CAE file output type that you choose.

Generate Programming File

Opens the Generate Programming File dialog box; set your file type, silicon signature and output filename to generate the file.

Generate Probed Design

Opens the Generate Probed Design dialog box; enables you to add a probe to your IGLOO, ProASIC3, SmartFusion and Fusion design.

Generate FPGA Array Data File

Opens the Export FPGA Array Data File dialog box; the FPGA Array Data File (*.fdb) contains the FPGA map file and design-related information. The FDB file is required for programming in FlashPro.

Netlist Viewer

Starts Netlist Viewer, either on its own or in the MVN interface, depending on your device

PinEditor

Starts PinEditor, either on its own or in the MVN interface, depending on your device

ChipPlanner

Starts ChipPlanner in the MVN interface; use ChipPlanner to create, edit, and assign logic to regions in your design

ChipEditor

Starts ChipEditor

I/O Attribute Editor

Starts the I/O Attribute Editor in the MVN Interface; use this tool to view, sort, select, and delete I/O attributes in your design

SmartTime

Starts the SmartTime Constraints Editor; use this tool to edit your

Constraints Editor

timing constraints

SmartTime Timing Analyzer

Starts the SmartTime Timing Analyzer; use this tool to perform timing analysis on your design

SmartPower

Starts SmartPower; use this tool to analyze power usage in your design

I/O Advisor

Starts the I/O Advisor; use this tool to balance the timing and power consumption of the I/Os in your design.

Timer

Starts Timer; use this tool to perform timing analysis on your design

Reports

Opens the Report Types dialog box; select a report type and click OK to generate the report

Customize

Opens the Customize User Tools dialog box; use this dialog box to add other applications to the Designer Tools menu (PC only)