When you right-click in the Scratch Pad, the following pop-up menu commands are available:
- Clear Scratch Pad
- Clears the contents of the Scratch Pad.
- Add Objects to Scratch Pad
- Adds unconnected, unplaced, or unrouted objects to the Scratch Pad.
- Select Array Elements
- Selects all the elements in an array if one element has been selected.
- Clone
- Creates a copy of the selected object.
- Connect Net to Output Port
- Opens the Connect Net to Output Port dialog box, which allows you to connect the selected net to an external port. See the following figure.
- Elide Setting
- Specifies how to truncate long object names that do not fit in the Object Name column. Choices are Left, Middle, and Right.
- Object Properties
- Opens the Object Properties dialog box.
- Report Net Route Status
- Reports the route status of the selected net.
- Select Driver Pin
- Selects the driver pin of the selected net.
- Unplace
- Unplaces the selected I/O ports.
- Configure I/O Ports
- Assigns various properties of the selected I/O ports.
- Split Diff Pair
- Removes the differential pair association from the selected port.
- Auto-place I/O Ports
- Places I/O ports using the Autoplace I/O Ports wizard.
- Place I/O Ports in Area
- Assigns the currently selected ports onto pins in the specified area.
- Place I/O Ports Sequentially
- Assigns the currently selected ports individually onto package pins.
- Fix Ports
- Fixes the selected placed I/O ports.
- Unfix Ports
- Unfixes the selected placed I/O ports.
- Floorplanning
- Assign selected cells to Pblock.
- Highlight Leaf Cells
- Highlights the primitive logic for the selected cell.
- Unhighlight Leaf Cells
- Unhighlights the primitive logic for the selected cell.
- Delete
- Deletes the selected objects.
- Highlight
- Highlights the selected objects.
- Unhighlight
- Unhighlights the selected objects.
- Mark
- Draws a marker for the selected object.
- Unmark
- Removes the marker for the selected object.
- Schematic
- Creates a schematic from the selected objects.
- Show Connectivity
- Shows the connectivity of the selected object.
- Find
- Opens the Find dialog box to find objects in the current design or device by filtering Tcl properties and objects.
- Export to Spreadsheet
- Writes the contents of the Scratch Pad to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Figure 1.
Connect Net to Output Port
Dialog Box
