Performing Implementation with Incremental Compile - 2021.2 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Flows Overview (UG892)

Document ID
UG892
Release Date
2021-11-17
Version
2021.2 English

You can specify the incremental compile flow when running Vivado implementation to facilitate small design changes. Incremental compile can reduce place and route run times and preserve existing implementation results depending on the scope of the change and the amount of timing-critical logic that is modified.

You can specify the Set Incremental Compile option in the Implementation Settings dialog box in the Vivado IDE, or by using the Set Incremental Compile command from the right-click menu of the Design Runs window. You can also use the read_checkpoint Tcl command with the -incremental option, and point to a routed design checkpoint to use as a reference. For more information, see this link in the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Implementation (UG904).