Auto-Create Design States
Feature Description
The Auto-Create Design States operation can be used to automatically create design states for all valid state combinations on a specified set of objects.
Warning: Although it can be a powerful way of solving certain difficult modeling and analysis problems. The automatic generation of design states should be approached with extreme caution. The Analyst should have a good understanding of this section and the Controls provided in eXpress for controlling generation of design states.
How to:
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When the Analyst invokes the Design States "Auto-Create" operation, as shown to the left, more than 2000 design states could be created. This dialog allows the Analyst to confirm whether or not it is desirable for the specified number of design states to be created.
The design state Auto-Create dialog uses a tabbed dialog, with separate tabs for
These tab window helps can be accessed by the links shown below.
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Design State Option Windows Controls
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The Method tab allows the Analyst to specify the method and cutoffs to be used as design states are created.
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The Details panel allows the Analyst to control the assignment of names and descriptions to newly-created states.
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The States panel allows the Analyst to specify which states can be included for each object (including default state
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The Signals panel allows design state auto- creation to be constrained to only states that are related to specified I/O flags.
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For designs with many objects containing states, numerous states per object, and/or non-mutually-exclusive states, the Auto-Create Design States operation can generate an extremely large number of design states.
