Starting and closing SmartTime

You must compile your design before using SmartTime Constraints Editor or SmartTime Timing Analyzer. If you have not compiled your design, Designer compiles it for you before opening your selected tool.

Note: If you open SmartTime before running Layout, Designer shows pre-layout timing. If you open SmartTime after running Layout, Designer shows post-layout timing.

Prerequisites for running SmartTime:

  1. Import the netlist

  2. Compile your design

  3. Run Layout

There are two ways to start SmartTime:

 

Design Flow Window

SmartTime reads your design and displays appropriate timing information based on whether the design is in a post-layout or pre-layout state.

To close SmartTime, choose File > Exit in the SmartTime main view.

Choose File > Commit to save changes to the working design for your current Designer session only.

Note: To save changes to disk, you must also save your changes in Designer.

See Also

Importing Files

Compiling your design

Running Layout