Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Third-party Simulation

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Simulating Intel FPGA Designs 2. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim® , and Questa* Simulator Support 3. Synopsys VCS* and VCS MX Support 4. Cadence Simulator Support 55.4. Aldec Active-HDL* and Riviera-PRO* Support A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides
1. Simulating Intel FPGA Designs x
1.1. Simulator Support 1.2. Simulation Levels 1.3. HDL Support 1.4. Simulation Flows 1.5. Preparing for Simulation 1.6. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores 1.7. Using NativeLink Simulation ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) 1.8. Running a Simulation (Custom Flow) 1.9. Simulating Intel FPGA Designs Revision History
1.5. Preparing for Simulation x
1.5.1. Compiling Simulation Models
1.6. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
1.6.1. Generating IP Simulation Files
1.6.1. Generating IP Simulation Files x
1.6.1.1. Generating IP Functional Simulation Models ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition)
1.7. Using NativeLink Simulation ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) x
1.7.1. Setting Up NativeLink Simulation ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) 1.7.2. Running RTL Simulation (NativeLink Flow) 1.7.3. Running Gate-Level Simulation (NativeLink Flow)
2. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim® , and Questa* Simulator Support x
2.1. Quick Start Example (ModelSim with Verilog) 2.2. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim, and Questa Simulator Guidelines 2.3. ModelSim Simulation Setup Script Example 2.4. Unsupported Features 2.5. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim® , and Questa* Simulator Support Revision History
2.2. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim, and Questa Simulator Guidelines x
2.2.1. Using Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition Precompiled Libraries 2.2.2. Disabling Timing Violation on Registers 2.2.3. Passing Parameter Information from Verilog HDL to VHDL 2.2.4. Increasing Simulation Speed in ModelSim and Questa Simulators 2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays 2.2.6. Viewing Simulation Messages 2.2.7. Generating Power Analysis Files 2.2.8. Viewing Simulation Waveforms 2.2.9. Simulating with Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition Waveform Editor
3. Synopsys VCS* and VCS MX Support x
3.1. Quick Start Example (VCS with Verilog) 3.2. VCS and VCS MX Guidelines 3.3. VCS Simulation Setup Script Example 3.4. Synopsys VCS* and VCS MX Support Revision History
3.2. VCS and VCS MX Guidelines x
2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays 3.2.2. Disabling Timing Violation on Registers 3.2.3. Generating Power Analysis Files
4. Cadence Simulator Support x
4.1. Quick Start Example (NC-Verilog) 4.2. Using GUI or Command-Line Interfaces 4.3. Cadence Incisive Enterprise (IES) Guidelines 4.4. IES Simulation Setup Script Example 4.5. Cadence Simulator Support Revision History
4.3. Cadence Incisive Enterprise (IES) Guidelines x
4.3.1. Elaborating Your Design 4.3.2. Back-Annotating Simulation Timing Data (VHDL Only) 4.3.3. Disabling Timing Violation on Registers 4.3.4. Simulating Pulse Reject Delays 4.3.5. Viewing Simulation Waveforms
55.4. Aldec Active-HDL* and Riviera-PRO* Support x
5.1. Quick Start Example (Active-HDL VHDL) 5.2. Aldec Active-HDL and Riviera-PRO Guidelines 5.3. Using Simulation Setup Scripts 55.4. Aldec Active-HDL* and Riviera-PRO* Support
5.2. Aldec Active-HDL and Riviera-PRO Guidelines x
5.2.1. Compiling SystemVerilog Files 2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays2.2.53.2.15.2.2. Simulating Transport Delays 5.2.3. Disabling Timing Violation on Registers
1. Simulating Intel FPGA Designs
2. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim® , and Questa* Simulator Support
3. Synopsys VCS* and VCS MX Support
4. Cadence Simulator Support
55.4. Aldec Active-HDL* and Riviera-PRO* Support
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides

5.1. Quick Start Example (Active-HDL VHDL)

You can adapt the following RTL simulation example to get started quickly with Active-HDL:
  1. To specify your EDA simulator and executable path, type the following Tcl package command in the Intel® Quartus® Prime tcl shell window:
    set_user_option -name EDA_TOOL_PATH_ACTIVEHDL <Active HDL executable path>
    set_global_assignment -name EDA_SIMULATION_TOOL "Active-HDL (VHDL)"
  2. Compile simulation model libraries using one of the following methods:
    • Run NativeLink RTL simulation to compile required design files, simulation models, and run your simulator. Verify results in your simulator. If you complete this step you can ignore the remaining steps.
    • To automatically compile all required simulation model libraries for your design in your supported simulator, click Tools > Launch Simulation Library Compiler. Specify options for your simulation tool, language, target device family, and output location, and then click OK.
    • Compile Intel FPGA simulation models manually: 
      vlib <library1> <altera_library1> 
vcom -strict93 -dbg -work <library1> <lib1_component/pack.vhd> <lib1.vhd>

    Use the compiled simulation model libraries during simulation of your design. Refer to your EDA simulator's documentation for information about running simulation.

  3. Open the Active-HDL simulator.
  4. Create and open the workspace: 
    createdesign <workspace name> <workspace path>
opendesign -a <workspace name>.adf
  5. Create the work library and compile the netlist and testbench files: 
    vlib work
vcom  -strict93  -dbg -work work <output netlist> <testbench file>
  6. Load the design: 
    vsim +access+r -t 1ps +transport_int_delays +transport_path_delays \
-L work -L <lib1> -L <lib2> work.<testbench module name>
  7. Run the simulation in the Active-HDL simulator.
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