## BackAnnotating MAX+PLUS II Pin Assignments to Design Architect Symbols

The MAX+PLUS® II/Mentor Graphics software interface includes the annotate_pin utility. This utility allows you to back-annotate the pin assignments from the MAX+PLUS II-generated Fit File (.fit) back to the symbol for the design file. The annotate_pin utility has the following syntax:

`annotate_pin [-p` <property name>`]` <symbol name>`` <chip name>`` <Fit File name>

where <property name> is the default name for the pin assignment (default is `PIN_NO`), <symbol name> is the pathname of the directory that contains the symbol, <chip name> is the chip name specified in the Fit File, and <Fit File name> is the name of the Fit File that contains the pin assignment information for back-annotation. If the <property name> is not found at a pin number, that pin will not be back-annotated. If the <chip name> is not found in the Fit File, the annotate_pin utility stops the back-annotation process.

For example:

`annotate_pin -p PIN_NO /usr/examples/decode decode decode.fit`

| Type `annotate_pin -h` at the UNIX prompt to display information on how to use this utility.

Last Updated: August 28, 2000 for MAX+PLUS II version 10.0 |
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