Implementing a Design from the Design Manager

You can implement your design in an automatic step from the Design Manager. When you implement your design automatically, the Flow Engine implements your design to completion.

You can implement your design with default values set for copying guide, floorplan, and constraint file data and default values for implementation flow options, or you can set your own values. If you want to set your own values, follow the procedures described in the “Specifying Implementation Flow Options” and “Copying Constraints, Guide, and Floorplan File Data” sections before implementing your design.

Implementing a Design Automatically

The following procedure describes how to implement a design automatically from the Design Manager.

1. Select Design Implement or click the Implement toolbar button.
   
   
   
   One of the following occurs.
   
   
   • If you altered your source design, the software opens the New Version dialog box. See the “Creating a New Design Version” section for information on setting the options in this dialog box.
     
     The Design Manager creates a new version and revision and the Flow Engine implements this new revision.
     
     
   • If you did not alter the source design or part type, the Smart Flow Engine appears and implements your design starting with the appropriate step.
     
     When processing is complete, the Smart Flow Engine closes and the Implement Status dialog box appears.
     
     

     Note: The Flow Engine is run on the “last” revision regardless of the currently selected revision. To implement a revision other than the “last” one, follow the procedure in “Re-Implementing a Design.”

2. In the Implement Status dialog box, click Reports to view the reports generated by the Flow Engine or click View Log File to view the implementation log file.
   
   

   Note: At this point you can also perform timing simulation, if you set options as described in the “Producing Timing Simulation Data” section, and program the device. Timing simulation is described in the interface user guide for your system. Device programming is described in the programmer user guide for your system.

Re-Implementing a Design

If you want to automatically implement an implementation revision that is not your “last” revision, use the following procedure.

1. Select an implementation revision.
   
   
2. Right-click on the revision.
   
   
3. Select Re-Implement.
   
   The Flow Engine determines where it should start running in the flow and implements your revision to completion.