create_macro - 2021.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)

Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2021-10-22
Version
2021.2 English

Create a Macro

Syntax

create_macro [‑quiet] [‑verbose] <name>

Usage

Name Description
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution
<name> Macro to create.

Categories

XDC

Description

Create a macro for the relative placement of cells.

Macros are primarily used to place small groups of associated cells together to improve resource efficiency and enable faster interconnections. The create_macro command lets you define macros in an open synthesized or implemented design for relative placement by place_design, like RPMs defined by the RLOC constraint in RTL source files. Refer to the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Implementation (UG904) for more information on defining relatively placed macros.

After creating the macro, specific cells can be assigned to the macro using the update_macro command. To change a currently defined macro, you must delete the macro with delete_macro, recreate the macro, and update the macro with the new contents. You cannot simply overwrite an existing macro.

Use delete_macro to delete a defined macro. Use get_macros to return a list of currently defined macros in the design.

This command operates silently and does not return anything.

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.

<name> - (Required) Specify the name of the macro to create.

Examples

The following example creates a macro called usbMacro1:

create_macro usbMacro1