Running the Floorplanner

You can run the Floorplanner on a PC running Windows NT^® or on an HP-based or Solaris^®-based workstation under Design Manager. You can input either an HDL-based design or a schematic-based design.

The following figure shows the Design Manager screen from which you can launch the Floorplanner.

Figure 3.1 Design Manager Window

You can invoke the Floorplanner from the Design Manager in either of two ways.

• Select the Tools Floorplanner command.
  
  
• Click the Floorplanner toolbox button. In the above figure, this is the third button from the top in the toolbar on the right.
  
  

Refer to the Design Manager/Flow Engine Reference/User Guide for more details about invoking the Floorplanner from the Design Manager.