Add Component for macro

Summary

This block is used to add a component in a target.

 

Implementation

• Drag and drop the block from the palette
• Link the "execute" action from the "executed" topic of the previous block

 

Example

This block creates a GreaterThan in the points of the origin of the macro

 

 Properties

• Artifacts: Artifacts created by this block
  
  • Added: component created. Ex: the GreaterThan added in the target (HQ Synthesis)
• Target: SFormat to define the parent of the component to add. Ex: the origin of the macro: a device
• SlotName: SFormat to define the name of the component to add.
• Policy {AddOnlyIfNotExists, AddAlways, AddOrMerge, AddOrReplace}: Define the behavior of the component to add if it already exists:
  • Add only if not exists: nothing will happen if a slot already exists with the same name in the target
  • Add always: it will add a suffix number after the slotName like HQ Synthesis1, HQ Synthesis2... for each execution of the block
  • Add or merge: it will recursively merge properties from the value to the existing component. Ex: if a property of the GreaterThan is updated in the bog file. This policy will apply the change in the components added by the macro
  • Add or replace: the existing component is removed before the new one is added
• Value: Define the component to add in the target. See Step 4 Go beyond with macros. Ex: a GreaterThan is extracted from a resource which is a bog file