Create a Top-Level SmartDesign Component

A SmartDesign Component must be first created. This SmartDesign component may be the top level of the design or it may be used as a lower level SmartDesign component (after successful generation) in another design.

To create a SmartDesign Component:

1. 1.From the File menu, choose New > SmartDesign, or double click Create SmartDesign in the Design Flow window. The Create New SmartDesign dialog box opens.
   Figure 1. Create New SmartDesign Dialog Box

   
2. 2.Enter a name and click OK. The component appears in the Design Hierarchy tab of the Design Explorer.

The main window displays the SmartDesign canvas (the canvas) with the component name you have entered displayed in a tab across the window.