Wiring

Copying Wiring Across the Levels of a Harness

When you have synthesized the wiring for a max-complexity harness, you may want to synthesize the wiring for a simpler derivative harness whose components are all contained within the max-complexity harness. A harness can have a different active level in a derivative to the active level that it had in the max-complexity harness. You can copy the wiring for this harness from the harness level in the max-complexity diagram to the harness level in the derivative. This works because the max-complexity harness contains all the wiring needed for the simpler derivative.

However, the max-complexity harness may also contain additional wires that are not needed in the simpler derivative. You can remove these wires from the harness level for the harness in the simpler derivative by using the depopulate function (see Depopulating Wiring from Active Harness Levels).

Procedure

Right-click on the harness in the Design Browser (Design tab) and choose Copy Wiring by Levels. Alternatively, click the harness in the Design Browser (Design tab), press Space Bar and enter Copy Wiring by Levels.
A table showing the levels for the harness displays. Click the level from which you want to copy wiring and click the Set Target Levels button.
A list of Available target levels displays. Select the level to which you want to copy the wiring and click the Add button. You can copy to multiple levels at once. Click the Add All button to copy to all other levels for the harness. Click the Close button.Note You can remove a level from the Included column by selecting it and clicking the Remove button.
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                 You can click a filter to hide or show abstract harness levels.
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The target levels display in the Target Levels box. Click the OK button.

Results

Any Partly Routed signals that are now routed move into the Routed folder in the Design Browser (Design tab).

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Wiring