Benefits of Using Design Intent

Design intent offers the following benefits:

• Design intents are directly created and edited on design objects within the canvas using right-click menu items and colored annotations. This saves the schematic designer from having to design and set up each object individually. Using annotations allows the schematic designer to focus on capturing the design intent without having to create physical constraints on the design.
• The Navigator assistant displays design intent information within its own specific category. It also displays design intent information on individual objects associated with a design intent using colored overlays, tooltips, and right-click menu items.
• A tooltip, summarizing the design intent on a group of objects and its implementation status, is displayed by hovering on a design intent in the Navigator.
• Key information can be accessed from the accompanying glyph of an annotation on the canvas to display an info balloon that can be pinned to the canvas.
• Allows a seamless flow to be developed by means of regular syncing between the schematic and layout views. Syncing also updates the easily identifiable annotations between the schematic and layout canvases.
• Design intent is transferred to the layout view for implementation, allowing layout designers the freedom to decide how to physically implement the intended design.
• Encourages collaboration between the schematic and layout designers to produce effective designs. The layout designer can update the design intent status in Layout XL and add implementation notes to communicate with the schematic designer about any issues that need to be resolved. The schematic designer can change the specification if necessary and ultimately sign off on the implementation.
• Facilitates checking on the current progress of all design intents on a design using a high-level report generated from either Schematics XL or Layout XL.