Specifications

CHAPTER 1: DESIGN FLOW
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DESIGN FLOW
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You can run all Compiler modules as part of a full compilation by choosing
Start Compilation (Processing menu). You can also run each module
individually by choosing Start (Processing menu) and then choosing the
command for the module you want to start from the Start submenu. You can
also run some of the Compiler modules incrementally. See “Top-Down
Incremental Compilation Flow” on page 30 for more information.
In addition, you can start the Compiler modules by choosing Compiler Tool
(Tools menu) and running the module in the Compiler Tool window. The
Compiler Tool window also allows you to open the settings file or report file
for the module, or to open other related windows. See Figure 4.
Figure 4. Compiler Tool Window
The Quartus II software also provides some predefined compilation flows,
which you can use with commands from the Processing menu. Table 1 lists
the commands for some of the most common compilation flows.
Start module
Open module settings page
Open report file