Achronix ACE Version 5.0 User Manual
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Views
Chapter 3. Concepts
A number of actions are available in the view, via buttons at the top of the view, and (right-click) context
menus on the nodes of the tree. Note that if these actions are performed upon macros or clock domains, all
child leaf nodes, even those currently filtered to be hidden in the tree, will be affected by the chosen action.
Netlist Browser View Actions
Icon
Action
Toolbar Button
Context Menu
Description
Add to Selection
Y
Adds the item(s) to the ACE
Selection Set (as shown in the
Choose Highlight
Color
Y
Determines which color will be
applied to the objects chosen
from the tree the next time the
Highlight action is selected for
this view.
Highlight
Y
Y
Applies the currently active
Highlight color to the chosen
item(s) in the tree.
10
Un-Highlight
Y
Y
Clears the Highlight color for
the chosen item(s) in the tree.
When painted in the
Floorplanner view, the chosen
item(s) will now use their
default color(s) instead of a
highlight color.
Zoom To
Y
Zooms the Floorplanner view
and Package view to a region
containing the instances
currently chosen in the tree.
Show in RTL
Y
Attempts to open a text editor
to the file and line number
relevant to the chosen instance.
(Available only when a single
instances is chosen in the view.)
Note: this is Early Access
functionality; this may not
always open the text editor to
the expected location.
Additionally, a number of filters are available to control which netlist objects are shown in the tree, and how
they are organized. These are visible in the View’s local pull-down menu, to the right of the view’s Action
buttons.
Netlist Browser Filters
Name
Description
10
Reminder: This color will only be used if the items are not in the ACE Selection Set, because the Selection color overrides Highlight
colors. Additionally, the item’s Layer must be visible in the Floorplanner view.
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