Specifications

CHAPTER 3: CONSTRAINT ENTRY
ASSIGNING DESIGN PARTITIONS
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Assigning Design Partitions with the
Design Partitions Window
You can specify an entity as a design partition with the Design Partitions
Window command (Assignments menu). Figure 4 shows the Design
Partitions window.
Figure 4. Design Partitions Window
In the Design Partitions window, you can specify which of the following
incremental compilation modes to use:
■ Incremental Synthesis only
■ Full Incremental Compilation
■ Off
You can use the right button pop-up menu to rename the partition if you
want to use a name other than the full hierarchy path name. You can also
generate an incremental compilation Tcl script by choosing Generate
Incremental Compilation Tcl Script (right button pop-up menu).
If your Incremental Compilation Mode is Full Incremental Design, the
Design Partitions window also displays the Netlist Type column and allows
you to specify one of the following options for Netlist Type:
■ Source File directs the Compiler to compile from source design files.
■ Post-Synthesis preserves synthesis results for the partition (this is the
default option for new partitions)
■ Post-Fit preserves placement results for the partition
■ Empty skips compilation for the partition