Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Platform Designer

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Date 9/30/2024
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1.3. Creating or Opening a Platform Designer System

You can launch Platform Designer from the Quartus® Prime software to create or open a Platform Designer system.

When you create or open a system, Platform Designer requires that you specify the Quartus® Prime project to contain this system. If this project does not yet exist, you can define a new project from within Platform Designer. Alternatively, you can specify an existing project. When you launch Platform Designer with an Quartus® Prime project open, Platform Designer automatically specifies that project by default. The target device or board for the system reflects the project settings by default. Refer to Using the Board-Aware Flow in Platform Designer.

Follow these steps to create or open a Platform Designer system:

  1. In the Quartus® Prime software, click File > Open Project to open the Quartus® Prime project that you want to include the Platform Designer system. You can optionally skip this step and launch Platform Designer in view-only mode without opening a project.
  2. Click Tools > Platform Designer. Platform Designer launches and displays the Open Project dialog box automatically.
  3. Specify the Quartus project. If you have a project open, this project name appears automatically. Otherwise, browse for an existing project, or click the Create New Quartus Project button and specify a new project name. Selecting None for Quartus project opens Platform Designer in view-only mode.
    Figure 3. System Tab of Open System Dialog Box


  4. Select the Platform Designer system, or click the Create New Platform Designer System button and specify the name of a new system. Optionally select a specific revision of your project, or click the Create New Revision button and define a new project revision.
  5. Change the project associated with a Platform Designer system at any time by clicking File > Select Quartus Project in Platform Designer.