AN 307: Intel® FPGA Design Flow for Xilinx* Users

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Date 2/25/2022
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3.3.1. Project Creation

Table 10.  IP Status Comparison
GUI Feature Xilinx* Vivado* Software Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software
Project Creation New Project New Project Wizard

Similar to the New Project command in the Vivado* software, the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software provides the New Project Wizard tool (File > New Project Wizard), which guides you through specifying a project name and directory, top-level design entity, any EDA tools you are using, and a target device.

Comparison

After creating a new project, the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software automatically generates the following project files necessary for successful compilation:

Table 11.  Project Files Comparison
  Xilinx* Vivado* Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
File Type Description File Type Description
Project File Xilinx* Project File (.xpr) XML file with list of files. Contains the information about target device or design files. Intel® Quartus® Prime Project File (.qpf) Project and revision name
Project Settings Xilinx* Design Constraints File (.xdc) Contains Synthesis, placement and timing constraints Intel® Quartus® Prime Settings File (.qsf) Lists design files, entity settings, target device, synthesis directives, placement constraints

Features

You can modify the compiler settings by changing the assignments through the GUI or directly on the .qsf file.
Note: Avoid modifying assignments through the .qsf file and through the GUI simultaneously.