User Guide

Creating and Editing
Hierarchical Designs
7
Overview
This chapter explains the procedures for creating and
editing a hierarchical design. Many of the procedures
used for creating and editing a hierarchical design are the
same as those for creating and editing a design as
explained in Chapter 4,
Creating and Editing Designs.
This chapter has the following sections that explain the
procedures that are unique to hierarchical designs:
Creating and Editing Hierarchical Blocks
on page 7-228
describes how to create and edit hierarchical blocks placed
on a schematic.
Creating and Editing Hierarchical Symbols
on page 7-233
describes how to use the symbol editor to create
hierarchical symbols.
Using Interface Ports
on page 7-236 describes how to specify
connections to lower-level schematics.