Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Design Compilation
ID
683236
Date
7/07/2025
Public
1.1. Compilation Overview
1.2. Design Analysis & Elaboration
1.3. Design Synthesis
1.4. Design Place and Route
1.5. Incremental Optimization Flow
1.6. Fast Forward Compilation Flow
1.7. Full Compilation Flow
1.8. HSSI Dual Simplex IP Generation Flow
1.9. Exporting Compilation Results
1.10. Clearing Compilation Results
1.11. Integrating Other EDA Tools
1.12. Compiler Optimization Techniques
1.13. Compilation Monitoring Mode
1.14. Viewing Quartus Database File Information
1.15. Understanding the Design Netlist Infrastructure
1.16. Using Synopsys* Design Constraint (SDC) on RTL Files
1.17. Using the Node Finder
1.18. Synthesis Language Support
1.19. Synthesis Settings Reference
1.20. Fitter Settings Reference
1.21. Design Compilation Revision History
2.1. Factors Affecting Compilation Results
2.2. Strategies to Reduce the Overall Compilation Time
2.3. Reducing Synthesis Time
2.4. Reducing Placement Time
2.5. Reducing Routing Time
2.6. Reducing Static Timing Analysis Time
2.7. Setting Process Priority
2.8. Reducing Compilation Time Revision History
1.1.3. Using the Compilation Dashboard
The Compilation Dashboard provides immediate access to settings, controls, and reporting for each stage of the compilation flow.
The Compilation Dashboard appears by default when you open a project, or you can click Compilation Dashboard in the Tasks window to re-open it. The appearance of some dashboard elements are design specific.
Figure 2. Compilation Dashboard
- Click the Pencil icon to edit settings for that stage of the compilation flow.
- Click any Compiler stage to run one or more stage.
You can click a Compiler stage to resume an interrupted compilation flow, provided no compilation settings have changed from the initial start of the compilation flow.
- To view the status of the Precompiled Components generation, click the rightmost Progress bar icon of the Analysis & Elaboration row, as Using Precompiled Component Generation describes.
- Click the Report, RTL Viewer, Technology Map Viewer, Timing Analyzer, or Snapshot Viewer icons for analysis of stage results.
As the Compiler progresses through each stage, the dashboard updates the status of each stage, and enables icons that you can click for reports and analysis. The dashboard updates if you launch the compilation from a command line with the quartus_sh --flow command.