The suite is a top level entity for the design. From the eclipse point of view this is a project. Unlike eclipse this entity is self contained and cannot reference other projects. The suite is composed of 5 subdirectories which contain the design files.

Contents

A suite consists of 5 sub-directories which contain all of the files related to this design.

1. Projects     Contains a list of projects which are included in this suite
2. Libraries    Contains a list of libraries which are used for this suite
3. Doc           Contains a set of generated documentation for this design (future)
4. Script         Contains a set of scripts for use in this design (future)
5. Test           Contains a set of test files for this design (future)

Creating New Suite

1. Create a New Suite Project which will hold all of the relevant information for this design. This is handled from the File->New->Project menu. From this menu select the Hardware/Suite

   

2. Pick any name for your project, and click ok to open up the hardware perspective

Adding a Project

Projects must exist under the projects root in the suite, but a link can also be created in this location to a library located somewhere else in the filesystem.  Steps for project creation can be found in Creating a New Project

Adding a Library

Libraries must exist under the library root in the suite, but a link can also be created in this location to a library located somewhere else in the filesystem. Steps for creating a library can be found in Creating a New Library