9.9.1.2 Floorplanner View Icons

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The icons available across the top of the Floorplanner View window allows you to zoom in, zoom out, assign I/O banks, runs DRC checks, and create regions for placement.

The following figure shows floorplanner view icons.

The following table lists the functions of each icon.

Table 9-7. Floorplanner View Icons
Icon	Name	Function
	Rubber Band Zoom	Rubber Band Zoom - Drags out an area to enlarge/zoom into.
	Rubber Band Select	Rubber Band Select an area to Zoom into. Click in the Floorplanner View and drag the mouse to delineate an area. Release the mouse and all macros inside the delineated area are selected. Works in the Macro Manipulation Mode.
	Zoom In	Zoom In to canvas.
	Zoom Out	Zoom Out of canvas.
	Zoom to Fit	Zoom to fit the canvas size.
	Zoom to Location	Zoom to a Location Specified by X-Y co-ordinates.
	Zoom to fit Selection	Zoom to fit selected macros and ports. When enabled, the view attempts to center the view on the selected and placed ports.
	Check Design Rules	Run the Prelayout Checker, a preliminary check of the netlist for possible Place and Route issues.
	Check DRC Rules for Selected Interfaces	Check the DRC Rules for selected interfaces.
	I/O Bank Settings	Set the I/O bank to specific I/O Technology.
	Auto Assign I/O Bank	Run the Auto I/O Bank and Globals Assigner. Assigns a voltage to every I/O Bank that does not have a voltage assigned to it and if required, a VREF pin.
	Collapse Visible Views	Collapse the visible views.
	Expand Selected Items in Visible Views	Expand selected Items in the visible views.
	Create Empty	Create an empty user region.
	Create Inclusive	Create an inclusive user region.
	Create Exclusive	Create an Exclusive user region.
	Delete	Delete the selected user region.
	Show Nets For Macros	Show all nets connected to the macro. There are often many nets attached to the macro, and it is off by default.