Chapter 3

Getting Started

This chapter describes how to start and exit the Floorplanner. It also explains the basic elements and operations of the Floorplanner graphical user interface (GUI).

This chapter contains the following sections.

• “Running the Floorplanner” describes how to start the Floorplanner.
  
  
• “Design Manager Interface” explains how to use the Design Manager to run the Floorplanner.
  
  
• “Command Line Interface” shows the syntax to use when running NGDBuild, MAP, and PAR in a command window as part of the floorplanning process.
  
  
• “Floorplanner Interface” describes the GUI.
  
  
• “Closing the Current Design” describes how to close the current design without exiting the Floorplanner.
  
  
• “Exiting the Floorplanner” explains how to save your current design and exit the Floorplanner.