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M1.4 PAR - Turns engine requires explicit use of -pl and -rl switches towork.


Record #3111

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Merged Core

Problem Title:
M1.4 PAR - Turns engine requires explicit use of -pl and -rl switches
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Problem Description:
The Turns Engine feature of PAR will fail in M1.4 unless
the switches -pl and -rl are used explicitly on the command
line or if the Design Manager is being used, specified using
the Template Manager.

The -pl and -rl are new switches for M1.4 that specify
Placement Effort Level and Router Effort Level. Valid values range from 1 to 5.


Solution 1:

For command line use, specify -pl and -rl in the command:
par -m nodelist.txt -pl 5 -rl 5 design.ncd out.dir design.pcf

For Design Manager usage, the Template Manager can be used
to add the -pl and -rl switches to the par command line:

Choose: Template Manager -> Customize
Set Program Name to "par".
Set Program Options to "-pl 5 -rl 5".




End of Record #3111