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

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Answers to Top FAQs 2. Intel FPGA Simulation Basics 3. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim* , and Questa* Simulator Support 4. Synopsys VCS* and VCS MX Support 5. Aldec Active-HDL and Riviera-PRO Support 6. Cadence Xcelium* Parallel Simulator Support 7. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide Third-party Simulation Archive A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
2. Intel FPGA Simulation Basics x
2.1. Supported Simulators 2.2. Supported Simulation Levels 2.3. Supported Hardware Description Languages 2.4. Supported Simulation Flows 2.5. Preparing for Simulation 2.6. Running a Simulation (Custom Flow) 2.7. Intel FPGA Simulation Basics Revision History
2.5. Preparing for Simulation x
2.5.1. Compiling Simulation Model Libraries 2.5.2. Using The EDA Netlist Writer 2.5.3. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores
2.5.3. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.5.3.1. Generating IP Simulation Files 2.5.3.2. Scripting IP Simulation
2.5.3.2. Scripting IP Simulation x
2.5.3.2.1. Generating a Combined Simulator Setup Script ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 2.5.3.2.2. Incorporating Simulator Setup Scripts from the Generated Template
3. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim* , and Questa* Simulator Support x
3.1. Quick Start Example (ModelSim with Verilog) 3.2. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim, and Questa Simulator Guidelines 3.3. ModelSim Simulation Setup Script Example 3.4. Sourcing ModelSim* Simulator Setup Scripts 3.5. Unsupported Features 3.6. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim* , and Questa* Simulator Support Revision History
3.2. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim, and Questa Simulator Guidelines x
3.2.1. Using Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Precompiled Libraries 3.2.2. Passing Parameter Information from Verilog HDL to VHDL 3.2.3. Viewing Simulation Messages 3.2.4. Generating Signal Activity Data for Power Analysis 3.2.5. Viewing Simulation Waveforms 3.2.6. Simulating with Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Waveform Editor
3.2.4. Generating Signal Activity Data for Power Analysis x
3.2.4.1. Generating Standard Delay Output for Power Analysis
4. Synopsys VCS* and VCS MX Support x
4.1. Quick Start Example (VCS with Verilog) 4.2. VCS and VCS MX Guidelines 4.3. VCS Simulation Setup Script Example 4.4. Sourcing Synopsys VCS* MX Simulator Setup Scripts 4.5. Sourcing Synopsys VCS* Simulator Setup Scripts 4.6. Synopsys VCS* and VCS MX Support Revision History
5. 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 5.4. Sourcing Aldec ActiveHDL* or Riviera Pro* Simulator Setup Scripts 5.5. Aldec Active-HDL* and Riviera-PRO * Support Revision History
6. Cadence Xcelium* Parallel Simulator Support x
6.1. Using the Command-Line Interface 6.2. Sourcing Cadence Xcelium* Simulator Setup Scripts 6.3. Cadence Xcelium* Parallel Simulator Support Revision History
1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Intel FPGA Simulation Basics
3. Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim* , and Questa* Simulator Support
4. Synopsys VCS* and VCS MX Support
5. Aldec Active-HDL and Riviera-PRO Support
6. Cadence Xcelium* Parallel Simulator Support
7. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide Third-party Simulation Archive
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

3.4. Sourcing ModelSim* Simulator Setup Scripts

Follow these steps to incorporate the generated ModelSim* IP simulation scripts into a top-level project simulation script.
  1. The generated simulation script contains the following template lines. Cut and paste these lines into a new file. For example, sim_top.do. 
    # # Start of template
# # If the copied and modified template file is "mentor.do", run it
# # as: vsim -c -do mentor.do
# # 
# # Source the generated sim script
# source msim_setup.tcl
# # Compile eda/sim_lib contents first
# dev_com
# # Override the top-level name (so that elab is useful)
# set TOP_LEVEL_NAME top
# # Compile the standalone IP.
# com
# # Compile the top-level
# vlog -sv ../../top.sv
# # Elaborate the design.
# elab
# # Run the simulation
# run -a
# # Report success to the shell
# exit -code 0
# # End of template
  2. Delete the first two characters of each line (comment and space): 
    # Start of template
# If the copied and modified template file is "mentor.do", run it
# as: vsim -c -do mentor.do
# 
# Source the generated sim script source msim_setup.tcl
# Compile eda/sim_lib contents first
dev_com
# Override the top-level name (so that elab is useful)
set TOP_LEVEL_NAME top
# Compile the standalone IP.
com
# Compile the top-level vlog -sv ../../top.sv
# Elaborate the design.
elab
# Run the simulation
run -a
# Report success to the shell
exit -code 0
# End of template
  3. Modify the TOP_LEVEL_NAME and compilation step appropriately, depending on the location of the simulation's top-level file. For example: 
    set TOP_LEVEL_NAME sim_top vlog -sv ../../sim_top.sv
  4. If necessary, add the QSYS_SIMDIR variable to point to the location of the generated IP simulation files. Specify any other changes required to match your design simulation requirements. The scripts offer variables to set compilation or simulation options. Refer to the generated script for details.
  5. Run the resulting top-level script from the generated simulation directory: 
    vsim –c –do <path to sim_top>.tcl
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