In this flow, a diagram for the top-level block design is created first. The designer or a team lead then creates proper hierarchies in the top-level block design to push a set of IP blocks into Block Design Containers as sub-blocks. Follow the steps below, in sequence, to create a Block Design Container in a diagram:
- Create a level of hierarchy in the top-level block design. Create a hierarchical block in a diagram by selecting one or more IP blocks and then right-click to select Create Hierarchy as described in Creating Hierarchies.
- Once a hierarchical block is created and the desired IP blocks are contained in it run Validate Design.
- Once design validation is successful, right-click on the hierarchical block
and select Create Block Design Container as shown in the
following figure.Figure 1. Create Block Design Container Command
- Specify a name for the Block Design Container.
- The IP integrator then creates a new Block Design Container (BDC) for that level of
hierarchy containing the selected blocks. Note the following:
- The BDC name specified in the previous step will be assigned to the .bd
source file of the BDC. For example, in the following image BDC_0 is the
specified name for the BDC and therefore BDC_0.bd is the assigned name for
the created .bd source file.Figure 2. Block Design Container
- The BDC .bd source file gets added to the project sources as shown in the
image below.Figure 3. BDC in Sources Window
- The BDC name specified in the previous step will be assigned to the .bd
source file of the BDC. For example, in the following image BDC_0 is the
specified name for the BDC and therefore BDC_0.bd is the assigned name for
the created .bd source file.