Specifying Implementation, Simulation, and Configuration Options

You can specify options that control how the Flow Engine implements a design, configures a device, creates netlist files, and generates reports, timing data, and configuration data. The available options depend on the target device family.

You can specify these options by choosing settings within the Options dialog box and its option template dialog boxes. The three types of option templates are implementation, simulation, and configuration. For a description of the templates' functions and how to create and edit option templates using the Template Manager, see the “Creating a New Template” section.

Use the following procedure to specify implementation options in the Options dialog box and edit existing option templates.

To Specify Implementation, Simulation, and Configuration Options

1. Open the Options dialog box using one of the following methods.
   
   
   • From the Design Manager, select Design Implement. Click the Options button in the Implement dialog box.
     
     
   • From the Flow Engine, select Setup Options or click the Design Implementation Options toolbar button.
     
     
     
     The Options Dialog Box appears, as shown in the “Options Dialog Box” figure of the “Implementation Options” chapter.
     
     
2. Choose the desired settings in the Options dialog box.
   
   There are several options in the Options dialog box. For a complete explanation of these, see the “Options Dialog Box” section of the “Implementation Options” chapter.
   
   
3. Click the Implementation Template, Simulation Template, or Configuration Template Edit Template button to set the options in the option templates. See the “Implementation Options” chapter for information on each template option. Click OK.
   
   
4. Click OK to maintain your settings and exit the Options dialog box.
   
   
5. To implement the design, do one of the following.
   
   
   • If you opened the Options dialog box from the Design Manager, click the Run button in the Implement dialog box.
     
     
   • If you opened the Options dialog box from the Flow Engine, select Flow Run or click the Run button in the Flow Engine main window.