The syntax for invoking design architect is:
da [-cable <component> [schematic] [sheet] [-nodisplay] [-readonly]] [-design <component> [viewpoint] [sheet] [instance] [-nodisplay] [-readonly]] [-schematic <component> [schematic] [sheet] [-nodisplay] [-readonly]] [-symbol <component> [symbol] [-nodisplay] [-readonly]] [-source_code <language_name> <source_fileset>] [-vhdl <vhdl_source> [hdl_arch | hdl_entity | hdl_pkg_hdr | hdl_pkg_body] [-readonly]]After invoking design architect a window as shown in figure 1 will appear. The Edit Window, Current Component, and Palette Menu have pop-up menus. To use a pop-up menu put the mouse cursor in the desired window and press and hold the right mouse button. To select an item from the pop-up menu, drag the mouse cursor down to that item and release the right mouse button. Some items on a pop-up menu will be sub-menus, to view the contents of a sub-menu drag the mouse to the right along that item and it will be displayed. To select an item off the palette menu by clicking the left mouse button on the item you want. The menus on the Menu bar are selected by pressing and holding the left mouse button over the desired menu. Items off of the menu are selected by dragging the mouse to the item and releasing the mouse button. sub-menus are displayed in the same way as sub-menus in the pop-up menus.
Figure 1: Design Architect window layout