Description
You may see this error in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro edition version 18.1 when compiling for the Intel® Stratix® 10 devices with a high utilization or large number of logic lock regions.
Resolution
The following assigment may help to place the design:
set_global_assignment -name GLOBAL_PLACEMENT_EFFORT "OPTIMIZE FOR HIGH UTILIZATION"
This assignment is automatically included in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 18.1 Update 1 and later.