Design Flow
The following steps provide an overview of the EPIC design flow.
- Enter your design using a schematic design tool or HDL (Hardware Description Language).
- Save your design in EDIF (Electronic Data Interchange Format).
- Run NGDBuild, which creates an NGD (Native Generic Database) file.
- Run the MAP program, which creates an NCD (Xilinx Circuit Description) file.
- Load your design into EPIC make necessary changes, and save the modified design as an NCD file.
- Run the PAR (Place and Route) program on the modified NCD file.
The following figure shows the complete Xilinx Design Flow, including editing your design in EPIC.
