You can create a block design (BD) inside the current project directory, or outside of the project directory structure. A common use case for creating the BD outside of a project is to use the BD in non-project mode, or to use it in multiple projects, or to use it in a team-based design flow.
To create a new BD:
- In the Flow Navigator, click Create
Block Design under the IP INTEGRATOR section, as shown in the
following figure.
The Create Block Design dialog box opens, as shown in the following figure.
- Specify the Design name, Directory, and Specify source set for
the design.
The default value for the Directory field is <Local to Project>. To override the default value, click Directory and select Choose Location.
- Click OK.
The equivalent Tcl command to create a BD is create_bd_design. The syntax of the command is as follows:
create_bd_design <your_design_name>Important: Limit block design names to 25 characters or fewer to avoid any problems with the path length limitation of the Windows OS. When the specified name exceeds 25 characters, the Vivado tool issues a warning, as shown in the following figure.
The Create Block Design creates an empty BD on disk, which is not automatically removed if the BD is closed without saving.
- If you want to remove a newly-created Block Design, then
manually delete the empty BD from the
Sources window of the Vivado IDE by
doing one of the following:
- Right-click the block design, and select Remove File from Project.
- Use the remove_files Tcl command, shown as follows:
- Right-click the block design, and select Remove File from Project.
remove_files <project_name>/<project_name>.srcs/sources_1/bd/<bd_name>/<bd_name>.bd
file delete -force <project_name>/<project_name>.srcs/sources_1/bd/<bd_name>INFO: [BD 41-2124] The block design file <block_design.bd> has changed from an XML format to a JSON format. All flows are expected to work as in prior versions of Vivado. Please contact your Xilinx Support representative, in case of any issues.