Rapid Recompile for Cyclone IV E? (answered)

Altera_Forum · ‎10-27-2016

I'm working on my thesis project and was hoping to have rapid recompile supported. After obtaining a license file from my university and installing Quartus Standard Edition, the option is still greyed out.

I even tried forcing support in the *.qsf settings file by adding set_global_assignment name RAPID_RECOMPILE_MODEON but get the following.

(125060): Assignment "RAPID_RECOMPILE_MODE" is no longer supported -- removing assignment from Quartus Prime Settings File

I tried command shell with quartus_sh --flow recompile ./project.qpf, but I recieved the following:

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Info: Running Quartus Prime Shell
    Info: Version 16.0.0 Build 211 04/27/2016 SJ Standard Edition

<...>

Info: Running Quartus Prime Analysis & Synthesis
    Info: Version 16.0.0 Build 211 04/27/2016 SJ Standard Edition
    Info: Processing started: Thu Oct 27 12:41:49 2016
Info: Command: quartus_map --read_settings_files=on --write_settings_files=off he_mt6d -c he_mt6d --recompile=on
Error (12750): The currently selected device family does not support Rapid Recompile.
Error: Quartus Prime Analysis & Synthesis was unsuccessful. 1 error, 0 warnings

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Would anyone happen to know if Cyclone IV E is indeed not supported?

Altera_Forum · ‎10-27-2016

I found my answer just this afternoon:

https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/po/ss-quartus-comparison.pdf

This comparison chart shows rapid recompile only supported in the following devices: Stratix V, Arria V, Cyclone V.

Even though I found the answer, I'm leaving the question for the benefit of whomever is searching for it since it took me a week to obtain the shared network license and figure this out.

Cheers!