Toggling mouse tools, Filtering the view, Getting object tooltips – Achronix ACE Version 5.0 User Manual
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Viewing the Floorplanner
Chapter 4. Tasks
1. Select the Selection Tool (
) from the view toolbar. From the Selection section fly-out palette, check
the object types to deselect.
2. Press and hold the ’d’ key on the keyboard to start a selection rectangle at the current mouse position
to deselect the objects.
3. Drag the mouse while holding down the key to create a selection rectangle including the objects to
deselect. Then, release the ’d’ key to remove the objects within the rectangle from the current selection
set.
To deselect objects with the Selection Tool:
1. Select the Selection Tool (
) from the view toolbar. From the Selection section of the fly-out palette,
check the object types to deselect. Also, ensure the Action control is set to Deselect.
2. Click and drag with the left mouse button in the view to create a selection rectangle. Then, release the
mouse button to remove the objects from the current selection set.
Toggling Mouse Tools
To toggle the mouse tools:
1. Press the ALT key on the keyboard to switch between tools, or simply click on the desired mouse tool
on the view toolbar.
Filtering the View
It may be useful at times to filter the view graphics to see only objects of interest. Filtering of the view is
done with Layer options.
When a layer is turned off, selected objects in the current ACE selection set remain visible. So, for example,
to see just the selected instances, turn off the Instances and Routes layers. The selected instances remain
visible, while all other placed instances and nets are hidden.
To filter the layers in the Floorplanner view:
1. Add the desired objects to the current ACE selection set.
2. In the Layers (
) section of the fly-out palette, un-check the object types to hide.
Getting Object Tooltips
For instant feedback on instance, net, or site names in the
, a tooltip (hover text) can be
enabled. In addition, the contents of the tooltip can be printed to the
for easy copy and
paste.
To get object tooltip text:
1. In the Tool Tip Text (
) section of the
, enable the checkboxes for the object types whose
data should be contained in the tool tip text.
2. In the Floorplanner view, hover over objects to display tool tip text.
• Optionally, press the ’p’ key on the keyboard while tooltip text is visible to print the tooltip text to the
TCL Console view, allowing easy copy and pasting to create TCL commands or scripts.
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