Floorplanning Designs that Contain RPMs

This procedure explains how to floorplan designs that contain Relationally Placed Macros (RPMs). RPMs are optimized macros that have the relative positions of the logic locked down. For this reason, you can only place RPMs as a whole unit into the Floorplan window.

You must have enough resources in the Floorplan window to accommodate the entire RPM, because it must be placed in its entirety. For example, if an RPM is four CLBs in height and the largest vacancy in the die is 3 CLBs high, the RPM will not fit.

Perform the following steps to place an RPM in the Floorplan window.

1. Select the desired RPM from the Design Hierarchy window.
   
   
2. Place the selected RPM into the Floorplan window in an area that can accommodate the entire RPM.
   
   

NOTE

A good floorplanning practice is to floorplan both the RPM and the logic it is driving in a specific set of locations.