new_design

Creates a new design. You need all three arguments for this command. This command will set up the Designer software for importing design source files

new_design -name design_name -family family_name –path pathname

Arguments

-name design_name

The name of the design. This is used as the base name for most of the files generated from Designer.

-family family_name

The Actel device family for which the design is being targeted.

-path path_name

The physical path of the directory in which the design files will be created.

All

None

Example 1: Creates a new ACT3 design with the name “test” in the current folder.

new_design -name "test" -family "ACT3" -path {.}

Example 2: These set of commands create a new design through variable substitution.

set desName “test

set famName “ACT3”

set path {d:/examples/test}

new_design -name $desName -family $famName -path $path

Example 3: Design creation and catch failures

if { [catch { new_design -name $desName -family $famName -path $path }] {

Puts “Failed to create a new design”

# Handle Failure

} else {

puts “New design creation successful”

# Proceed to Import source files

}