Allows you to specify general, port, parameter, and format
properties for the selected symbol.
Note: The Parameters tab is not available for primitives.
General tab
- Symbol
name— Displays the name of the selected
object.
- Instance
name— Allows you to specify the instance
name for the selected object.
Ports tab
- Ports— Allows you to change the name, the status, the type,
and the alias of the port.
- Name— Allows you to select the name of the port to be
modified.
- Status— Allows you to select the status of the port as
Used or Unused. You can
double-click to toggle the value.
- Type— Allows you to change the type of the port.
- Alias— Allows you to change the alias of the port.
- Inversion— Allows you to specify inversion options on the
symbol ports.
- None— Allows you to turn off inversion.
- All— Allows you to turn on inversion.
- Pattern— Allows you to specify a pattern and select a
radix of binary, decimal,
hexadecimal, or octal.
- Hide
alias— Allows you to hide the alias of
the port as it appears in a .bdf. You can double-click to toggle
the value.
- Existing
ports— Displays the current assignments
for the ports of the selected symbol. You can select a port from
the list and then select new assignments.
Parameters tab
- Parameter— Allows you to add a new parameter and its setting
to the Existing parameter settings list. You can also change
the setting in the Existing parameter settings by selecting a
new setting in Setting.
- Name— Allows you to select or type the name of the
parameter.
- Setting— Allows you to select or type the setting of the
parameter.
- Type— Allows you to edit the parameter type.
- Description— Displays a description of the parameter
setting. You should edit the description only when you are working in the
Symbol Editor or when you are editing a block.
- Existing parameter
settings— Lists the existing parameters, their
assignments, their types, and a description of the assignments. You
can change existing assignments or add new parameters and
assignments to the Existing parameter
settings list.