Design Entry HDL Basics
Starting Design Entry HDL
After you open the desired design project in Project Manager, the flow area of Project Manager
displays the Cadence Board Design flow. In the Board Design flow, click the
Design Entry
icon.
Note:
You must be on the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) on a Sun workstation to run
the Design Entry HDL set of tools.
To launch Design Entry HDL, do one of the following:
1.
In Project Manager, open the
.cpm
file of a project and then click the
Design Entry
icon.
--or--
2.
Choose
Start - Programs - Cadence - Release 16.6 - Design Entry HDL
.
--or--
3.
At the command prompt, type
concepthdl
and press ENTER.
Design Entry HDL User Interface
When you launch Design Entry HDL using any of the three methods listed above, the Design
Entry HDL user interface appears (as shown in the following figure).
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