Selecting Options

Options specify how your design is optimized, mapped, placed, routed, and configured. Options are grouped as implementation templates or configuration templates. Each template defines an implementation or configuration style. For example, an implementation style can be Quick Evaluation, while another can be Timing Constraint Driven.

You can have multiple templates in a project. You can use templates to select an implementation or configuration style. To access the options and templates, follow these steps.

1. Select Design Implement from the Design Manager menu or click the Implement toolbar button. The Implement dialog box appears.
   
   
2. Select the Options button in the Implement dialog box. The Options dialog box appears as shown in the following figure.
   
   

   Figure 4.6 Options Dialog Box

3. Select the Edit Template button for Implementation or Configuration to access the associated template. The Implementation Template or Configuration Template dialog box appears. The options in this box depend on the target device family. For information on how to use the template options, see the Design Manager/Flow Engine Reference/User Guide.