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Mentor/PLD_DA 5.2: Convert Design loses NET, LOC, other port properties


Record #822

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Mentor

Problem Title:
Mentor/PLD_DA 5.2: Convert Design loses NET, LOC, other port properties


Problem Description:
Keywords: Convert Design, NET, LOC, PAD, properties, Design Architect

Urgency: Standard

General Description:

(For more information on Convert Design, see Solution 798, "Retargeting a
design in Mentor Design Architect.")

Convert Design may lose NET, LOC, and other properties associated with
schematic ports or PADs in a Mentor design.  This problem is known to
happen in Mentor A.3-F (8.4_3) and above but not in Mentor A.1-F (8.4_1).
It is unknown what behavior occurs in A.2.


Solution 1:

The $LCA/des_arch/da_session.ample script controls, among other things, the
behavior of Convert Design.  A script is available that replaces this AMPLE
AMPLE file with one that will make Convert Design behave properly under the late
r
versions of Mentor.  You can download this fix from the File Download Area:

   ftp://ftp.xilinx.com/pub/swhelp/mentor/cvtdsgn_fix.tar.Z



End of Record #822