You can import instances from a file exported via the export function
of the 'Design explorer' view or output by the VA Pac
batch migration procedures. These instances will populate the selected location
of the 'Design explorer' view as well as the selected
project(s) in the 'Navigator' view.
To import instances into your workbench, you must:
- Open the 'Design explorer' view of the 'Design' perspective.
- Open an existing location or create a new location and open it
(an opened location is represented by a
icon).
- Click on a location line, an entity line or an instance line and
right-click. In the popup menu which opens up, select Import.
This opens a two-page import wizard:
- On the first page, you specify the import file, and the location and
project(s) into which the instances are to be imported. Click Finish if
all the instances contained in the file are to be imported. Otherwise, click Next to
access the second page of the wizard.
- On the second page, you specify the instances to be imported, and
whether they are to overwrite identically-named instances, if any, in the
target location. Then click Finish.
The selected instances are then imported into the location you have
specified. They are also physically distributed into a specified project or
into a structure of projects, as you can see in the Navigator view
of the 'Design' perspective.