remove_pin - 2020.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)

Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2020-11-18
Version
2020.2 English

Remove pins from the current design

Syntax

remove_pin [‑quiet] [‑verbose] <pins>...

Usage

Name Description
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution
<pins> List of pins to remove

Categories

Netlist

Description

Remove pins from the current netlist in either an open Synthesized or Implemented design.
Note: You cannot remove pins from library macros, or macro-primitives.

To remove a bus pin, you must specify the primary pin name, and not specify a bus index. This ensures that the entire bus pin is removed, and not just a portion of the bits associated with the bus. You can resize a bus pin, eliminating bits, using the resize_pin_bus command.

Netlist editing changes the in-memory view of the netlist in the current design. It does not change the files in the source fileset, or change the persistent design on the disk. Changes made to the netlist may be saved to a design checkpoint using the write_checkpoint command, or may be exported to a netlist file such as Verilog, VHDL, or EDIF, using the appropriate write_* command.
Note: Netlist editing is not allowed on the elaborated RTL design.

Arguments

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.
-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<pins> - (Required) List of pins to remove from the netlist. The pins must be specified hierarchically by the cell instance the pin is found on.

Examples

The following example removes the specified pin from the cpuEngine in the in-memory netlist of the current design:

remove_pin cpuEngine/inPin

See Also