= XPS to PlanAhead Project Conversion =

The following process describes how to create a PlanAhead project from an existing XPS project. This process has been tested in ISE 14.4 and 14.7. It is likely that this flow is different or broken in earlier versions of the Xilinx tools.

== Overview ==
The steps below use a few placeholder names:
 * '''<xps_proj_root>''': root of your existing XPS project. This is the folder containing your {{{system.xmp}}} and {{{system.mhs}}} files.
 * '''<pa_proj_diir>''': root of your new PlanAhead project. This folder should be empty before creating the PlanAhead project.
 * '''PA_PROJ''': name of your new PlanAhead project

== Creating the PlanAhead Project ==
 1. Launch Xilinx PlanAhead
 1. Select '''Create New Project''', click Next
 1. Enter your choice of project name. We'll refer to this as '''PA_PROJ''' below
 1. Enter a project location. We'll refer to this as '''<pa_proj_diir>''' below
 1. Click Next
 1. Select '''RTL Project''' and check '''Do not specify sources at this time'''
 1. Click Next, then select your FPGA device ('''xc6vlx240tff1156-2''' for WARP v3 projects)
 1. Click Next then Finish

You should now see the PlanAhead workspace. 

== Creating the PlanAhead XPS Source ==
 1. Start in the PlanAhead workspace and find the '''Sources''' tab, probably in the upper-left of the Project Manager sub-pane.
 1. Right-click and select '''Add Sources'''
 1. Select '''Add or Create Embedded Sources''' then click Next
 1. Click Create Sub-Design
 1. Enter a top-level module name. We'll use '''xps_top''' here.
 1. Click Ok, then Finish
 1. XPS will launch on top of the PlanAhead workspace. You should see a dialog box asking: "This project appears to be a blank project. Do you want to create a Base System using the BSB Wizard?". Click '''No'''
 1.