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* ``free``: The placer can move I/O locations to optimize the placement.
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* ``random``: Fixes I/O pads to arbitrary locations and does not allow the placer to move them during the anneal (models the effect of poor board-level I/O constraints).
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Note: the fix_pins option also used to accept a third argument - a place file that specified where I/O pins should be placed. This argument is no longer accepted by fix_pins. Instead, the fix_clusters option can now be used to lock down I/O pins.
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**Default:** ``free``.
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.. option:: --fix_clusters {not_locked | <file.place>}
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.. option:: --fix_clusters {<file.place>}
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Controls how the placer handles blocks (of any type) during placement.
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* ``not_locked``: The placer can move clustered block locations to optimize the placement.
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* ``<file.place>``: A path to a file listing the desired location of each block in the netlist.
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* ``<file.place>``: A path to a file listing the desired location of blocks in the netlist.
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This place location file is in the same format as a :ref:`normal placement file <vpr_place_file>`, but does not require the first two lines which are normally at the top of a placement file that specify the netlist file, netlist ID, and array size.
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This place location file is in the same format as a :ref:`normal placement file <vpr_place_file>`, but does not require the first two lines which are normally at the top of a placement file that specify the netlist file, netlist ID, and array size.
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**Default:** ``not_locked``.
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**Default:** ````.
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.. option:: --place_algorithm {bounding_box | path_timing_driven}
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