Answers Database Foundation F1.x, Design Manager, XABEL: DM doesn't read PLD (Plusasm) or EDN file if flow is changed Record #3048 Product Family: Software Product Line: Aldec Product Part: Foundation Project Manager Product Version: 1.3 Problem Title: Foundation F1.x, Design Manager, XABEL: DM doesn't read PLD (Plusasm) or EDN file if flow is changed Problem Description: Urgency: Standard General Description: It both the Plusasm and Edif flows are used to compile an ABEL file within the same project, it may be necessary to regenerate the Design Manager project in order for it to read the appropriate input file. Solution 1: By default, XABEL designs within Foundation will be synthesized to EDIF (.EDN) files. It is possible, however, to enable the Plusasm flow, such that XABEL designs will be synthesized to Plusasm (.PLD) files. See (Xilinx Solution 2776) for more information about enabling this flow. When the Xilinx Design Manager is invoked from the Foundation Project Manager, a Design Manager project is created with an input file "hard-coded" into the project file. Therefore, if you enable the Plusasm flow AFTER the Design Manager has already been invoked once, th e Design Manager will continue to read the EDN file, and not the newly created PLD file. (This problem also exists in the reverse situation, where the Plusasm flow was enabled first, and th en it was later disabled to produce default EDN instead. In this case the Design Manager would "remember" the PLD file instead of now reading the EDN file.) In order to resolve this problem, the Design Manager project, at least, must be recreated. There are 2 methods to do this: Alternative #1 ==============       Create a new Foundation project. Ensure that the desired       flow (Plusasm or default EDIF) is chosen before invoking       the Design Manager in this new project. Alternative #2 ==============       Delete the current Design Manager project by selecting       File->Delete Project from Design Manager. Then, close       the Design Manager, and re-invoke it from the Foundation       Project Manager. It should now create the DM project with       the appropriate input file (PLD or EDN).       **Please note that this alternative will DELETE the entire       XPROJ directory for this project. You will lose all of       the Version and Revision Implementation files. You will       not lose any of the design source, however. If you wish       to retain all of the Version and Revision data files for       this project, then you must use Alternative #1. End of Record #3048 - Last Modified: 03/03/99 11:24

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