Chapter 3

Using the FPGA Editor

This chapter includes information on performing various operations on your designs within the FPGA Editor. It includes the following sections.

Note: You can select from the pull-down menus or the User toolbar, or you can enter commands in the Command Line toolbar. Selecting commands from the pull-down menus is described for most of the procedures in this chapter.

• “Creating a New Design File”
  
  
• “Opening an Existing Design File”
  
  
• “Saving a Design File”
  
  
• “Recovering a Terminated FPGA Editor Session”
  
  
• “Editing Your Design”
  
  
• “Adding Objects”
  
  
• “Deleting Objects”
  
  
• “Highlighting Objects”
  
  
• “Viewing and Changing Properties”
  
  
• “Moving and Swapping Components and Macros”
  
  
• “Editing Component Logic”
  
  
• “Placing and Unplacing Components”
  
  
• “Routing and Unrouting”
  
  
• “Constraints”
  
  
• “Adding Probes to Your Design”
  
  
• “Verifying Your Design”