About XDC Constraints - About XDC Constraints - 2026.1 English - UG903

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using Constraints (UG903)

Document ID
UG903
Release Date
2026-07-01
Version
2026.1 English

XDCs combine the industry-standard SDCs version 1.9 with AMD proprietary physical constraints.

XDC constraints have these properties:

  • They act as Tcl commands, not simple strings.
  • The Vivado Tcl interpreter processes them like any other Tcl command.
  • Vivado reads and parses them sequentially, the same as other Tcl commands.