5.14.3 Saving/Closing a SmartDesign Component

To save the current SmartDesign design component, from the File menu, choose Save <component_name>. Saving a SmartDesign component only saves the current state of the design; to generate the HDL for the design refer to Generating a SmartDesign component.

To close the current SmartDesign component without saving, from the File menu, choose Close. Select NO when prompted to save.

To save the active SmartDesign component with a different name use Save As. From the File menu choose Save SD_<filename> As. Enter a new name for your component and click OK.

You can also close a SmartDesign component by right-clicking the name of the SmartDesign tab in the work area window and choosing Close, as in the figure below.