Net Filter in SmartDesign Canvas

Use net filters in the SmartDesign Canvas to filter nets. Net filtering will filter out any nets that do not match the filter and make the SmartDesign Canvas less cluttered.

  1. 1.Open the SmartDesign component.
  2. 2.Enter a string in the Filter Nets field. By default, the filter field has the “* “character, which means all nets are shown (no filtering). Enter the net name or parts of the net name to filter the net you are interested in. To find all clock nets, you may want to put in *clk* in the field. Valid characters to enter in the field are:
    • “*” - a wild card that matches any number of characters
    • “?”- matches only one single character
    • [a-z, A-Z, 0-9] - matches any character inside the bracket
    • The comma “,” character or the space character is used to delimit multiple matches. A filter field with the entry “clk,reset” or “clk reset” matches any net names with the “clk” or “reset” string.
Note: For any term entered in the filter field that contains no “*” ,“?”, “[“, ”]”, the tool adds the wild-card match “*” before and after each term. “clk reset” and “*clk* *reset*” give the same matches. Net filtering is case-insensitive.

To narrow down the filter, click the Show Only BIF Nets check box. Only Bus Interface (BIF) nets that match the filter are shown. BIF nets that do not match the filter and non-BIF nets are hidden.

BIF pins are identified by the ??? icon on the instance. BIF nets are nets connected to BIF pins.