Design Flow

You can use a variety of schematic and HDL tools for design entry. The netlist formats supported as inputs to the Design Manager are listed in the “Inputs and Outputs” section.

After design entry, you can use the Design Manager and Flow Engine to process your design in the following basic steps.

1. Implementation of your design for a specific target device
   
   
2. Report generation showing the status of your design
   
   
3. Timing analysis for design verification
   
   
4. Export of your design for timing simulation and programming
   
   

The following figure illustrates the processing steps and the flow of files in and out of the Design Manager and Flow Engine.

Figure 1.1 Design Manager/Flow Engine Design Flow