Design Flow

You can use a variety of schematic and VHDL tools for design entry. The netlist formats supported as inputs to the Design Manager are listed in the “Inputs and Outputs” section.

After design entry, the Design Manager processes your design in the following basic steps.

1. Implementation of your design for a specific target device
   
   
2. Report generation showing the status of your design
   
   
3. Timing analysis for design verification
   
   
4. Export of your design for timing simulation and programming
   
   

The following figure illustrates the processing steps and the flow of files in and out of the Design Manager.

Figure 1.1 Design Manager Design Flow