Import Design Partition Dialog Box

You open this dialog box by clicking Project > Import Design Partition.

The Import Design Partition dialog box allows you to select a partition described in a Quartus Prime Standard Edition Exported Partition File (.qxp) Definition to integrate into a top-level design for team-based design or third-party IP integration. The Quartus^® Prime Standard Edition Exported Partition File contains either a post-fit netlist, a post-synthesis netlist, or both.

The Import flow is not required to reuse the post-synthesis or post-fit results from a Quartus^® Prime Standard Edition Exported Partition File. You can add the Quartus^® Prime Standard Edition Exported Partition File as a source file in your project and set the partition's Netlist Type to choose the level of results preservation. The Import process is required in the following circumstances:

If you want LogicLock regions in your top-level design Quartus Settings File (.qsf). If you have regions in your partitions that are not also in the top-level design, the regions will be added to your Quartus Settings File during the import process.
If you want different settings or placement for different instantiations of the same entity. You can control the setting import process with the advanced import options, and specify different settings for different instances of the same Quartus^® Prime Standard Edition Exported Partition File design block.

During integration, the Quartus^® Prime Standard Edition software compares assignments and LogicLock regions defined for the top-level design and the partitions being integrated, and resolves conflicts using settings in the Advanced Import Settings dialog box.

After integration, the top-level design is independent of any files associated with partitions, and also from the Quartus^® Prime Standard Edition Exported Partition File. Changes made to a Quartus^® Prime Standard Edition Exported Partition File after integration are not automatically included in the top-level design. You must reimport the changes for them to be integrated into the top-level design.

The import design partition feature is only available after running Analysis & Elaboration.