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M1.5: Constraint Editor: If period constraint comes in from NGD file, not UCF file, it can't be deleted or Edited.


Record #5353

Product Family: Software

Product Line: M1 Implementation

Product Part: Constraints Editor

Product Version: 1.5

Problem Title:
M1.5: Constraint Editor: If period constraint comes in from NGD file, not UCF file, it can't be deleted or Edited.



Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

General Description: If the NGD that has a PERIOD defined, but the
UCF doesn't, it can not be deleted or changed in the Constraint Editor.
If a new PERIOD constraint is created in CE the group is added to
the ucf but not the new PERIOD Timespec.


Solution 1:

To resolve this issue open the UCF file in a text editor and add the desired
constraint. For Example:

TIMESPEC "TS_CLK" = PERIOD "CLK" 20 ns;




End of Record #5353 - Last Modified: 05/26/99 14:06

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