Using Vitis Component Explorer - 2023.2 English

You can use the Component Explorer to perform the following actions:

Via the toolbar menu

• Create a New Component.
• Filter Components to hide or show the components of interest.
• Refresh the Component Explorer.
• Collapse All to minimize the displayed content of the components and projects.

Via selecting a component or project and using the right-click menu

• Open in Terminal to open a terminal window and changes directory to inside the component.
• Microcode displays the microcode associated with a specified kernel from the graph. This command is only available for AI Engine components.
• Show in Flow Navigator: click the component to show it in the Flow Navigator.
• Delete to remove the component or project from the workspace.
• Clone Component to create a new component from an existing component. This is useful for design exploration where you preserve the original component as your baseline, and use the cloned component for design exploration. This command does not support System projects.

Via right-clicking the Sources folder of a component or project

• New File to create a new file in the component or project.
• New Folder to create a new folder in the component or project.
• Open in Terminal to open a terminal window and changes directory to inside the component.
• Paste to take a copied item and paste it into the component or project. This creates an actual copy of the previously selected and copied item.
• Import > Files to import files into the component or project.
• Import > Folders to import a folder into the component or project.
• Add Source File or create a New Source File.

Via right-clicking an object in the component or project hierarchy

• Copy to copy the current object. This action can be used with Past to copy an object from one component or project to another.
• Copy Path to copy the absolute path of the object. The path can be pasted into the Terminal view of a configuration file.
• Copy Relative Path to copy the path of the object relative to the current workspace. The path can be pasted into the Terminal view of a configuration file.
• Delete to remove the object from the workspace.