How to create that post-mapped database?
- There is KDB for this but for some reason it is offline, thus I post it here. Let me know if this is not possible.
Method 1: Using a Quartus II Archive File
Use the following procedure to export a Quartus II design database that does not include design source files. This method creates one archive file that someone else can use to recreate the project and compilation results without the source HDL files.
1. In the Quartus II software, from the Project menu, choose Archive Project.
2. Enter an Archive file name. The default is the current revision name for the project.
3. Under Include the following optional database files, select one of the following options:
o If the option is available for your device family, select Version-compatible database files (For future versions of the Quartus II software). This option is typically not available for devices that include any preliminary information in the Quartus II software (that is, the newest device families).
o If the above option is not available, select Compilation and simulation database files (For current versions of the Quartus II software). Note that this archive must be opened in the same Quartus II software version if you want to preserve the compilation results from the database.
4. Click Add/Remove Files.
5. Highlight the design files that do you not want to include in the archive, and click Remove. To highlight multiple files at once, hold the Ctrl key and click on each one, or hold the Shift key to highlight a set of files. You can also sort by file type by clicking on the Type column header; this allows you to find all the HDL files easily. Note that you can also remove other large files from the archive to reduce the archive file size, such as .pof, .sof, .pin, and .rpt files. Do not remove any files from the db directory.
6. Click OK in the Archive Complete dialog box that appears. If you chose to create a version-compatible database, by default the archive process creates a copy of the database in a directory called export_db.
7. You can now send out the software-generated archive file with the name <archive file name>.qar.
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