You can set up Incremental Synthesis with a project in the Synthesis page of the Settings dialog box.
Figure 1. Synthesis Page of Settings Dialog Box
Note the following important settings:
- Incremental Synthesis selection box
- The Browse button indicates if incremental synthesis uses a known checkpoint, the last checkpoint created (default), or if incremental synthesis is disabled.
- incremental_mode Synth Design option
- Describes how aggressively synthesis optimizes across partitions. Increased boundary optimization reduces effectiveness of incremental synthesis. The values are quick, default, aggressive, and off.