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11 years ago

Why Quartus doesn't put the IP files into a independent folder?

I use Quartus IP catalog to generate some IPs. I found since you assigned the directory where the IP should be generated, Quartus just generate all the files of the IP into the directory, it doesn't create a folder which is named by IP's name. Since there are bunch of files generated with the IP, this will be very annoying if all the files of different IPs are put in a same folder. Is therr any approach to configure the Quartus to generate each IP files in their own folder?

Thanks in advance.

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    Altera_Forum
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    11 years ago

    Why not just create a folder manually for each IP when you generate it?

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    11 years ago

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    Why not just create a folder manually for each IP when you generate it?

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    That is what I did now. I just wonder is there any other approach like I can configure the Quartus to do it as default?

    Thanks.
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    11 years ago

    FYI, in 14.0 with the new Qsys-based "IP Catalog" Parameter Editor, you don't need to ever have Qsys "Generate..." the IP files.

    Just add the .qsys file to your project file list, and Quartus will automatically generate the IP files into the temporary db/ folder in your project directory during the compilation process. i.e. you don't ever have to see the generated files cluttering up your tree.
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    Altera_Forum
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    11 years ago

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    FYI, in 14.0 with the new Qsys-based "IP Catalog" Parameter Editor, you don't need to ever have Qsys "Generate..." the IP files.

    Just add the .qsys file to your project file list, and Quartus will automatically generate the IP files into the temporary db/ folder in your project directory during the compilation process. i.e. you don't ever have to see the generated files cluttering up your tree.

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    Thanks for letting me know this. But if I still use qip file, I still need to generate the IP files, right?

    Thanks.