Working with projects and implementations, Creating projects, Loading projects – Achronix ACE Version 5.0 User Manual
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Working with Projects and Implementations
Chapter 4. Tasks
Working with Projects and Implementations
Creating Projects
To create a new project in the workspace:
1. Click on the Create Project toolbar button (
) in the Projects view.
2. In the Create Project dialog, type in or browse to the location of the new project directory.
Note:
Directories in the path that do not exist are created.
3. Type in the new project name and click Finish.
After clicking Finish, the new project now appears in the Projects view. The new project contains a default
implementation named
impl 1
, which is set as the new active implementation. A project file is also created
and saved in the new project directory.
Loading Projects
To load an existing project into the workspace:
1. Click on the Load Project toolbar button (
) in the Projects view.
2. In the Load Project dialog, browse to the location of the project directory.
3. Select the project file and click Open.
After clicking Open, the project now appears in the Projects view. This project is restored from its previous
state, and its last implementation is set as the new active implementation.
NOTE:
The default
for ACE change over time as new optimizations are
implemented and existing optimizations are refined. When loading a project that was
saved by an earlier version of ACE, a popup dialog is shown to the user, offering to reset
all Implementation Options to the latest default values.
Removing Projects
To remove a project from the workspace:
1. Select a project in the Projects view.
2. Click on the Remove toolbar button (
) in the Projects view.
After clicking Remove, the project no longer appears in the Projects view. The project files are not deleted
from the file system during this operation, and it is the user’s responsibility to clean up unwanted files on
disk. The project is left untouched on disk so that the project may be loaded again later if desired.
Saving Projects
Some project operations cause changes to a project to be saved to the project file automatically, while others
change project data without saving. Each Project with unsaved changes is marked in the GUI with an
asterisk on the lower left corner of its project icon (
). If any project in the workspace has unsaved changes,
the Projects view title is also marked with an asterisk.
To save the changes to a project:
1. Select the project in the Projects view.
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