User guide

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Project Window
Defining Projects and Workspaces
The Project Window displays a workspace and a number of projects.
Only one workspace can be open in the Project window.
What is a Workspace?
A workspace contains one or more projects. A workspace has settings
that can be shared by all projects in the workspace. You can have
one workspace or multiple workspaces. A workspace can contain all
of your projects or there can be a workspace for each project.
A workspace containing multiple projects can have only one active
project. The active project is the project being analyzed, elaborated,
or simulated. Finally, a workspace can have one active design top.
The active design top belongs to the active project and is the design
unit currently being elaborated or simulated.
A directory is created for each new workspace if the directory does
not exist. Child directories and files used by the Project Window are
created in the workspace directory. A new directory beneath the
workspace directory is created for each project. The project directory
contains a file for recreating the project, an analyze history file and a
library directory named WORK. The library using the directory WORK
is named DEFAULT.