To perform a functional simulation of a VHDL design with command-line commands

If you have not already done so, set up the Incisive Enterprise Simulator working environment.

To create a work library in the project directory, type the following command at the command prompt:

mkdir<work library>

Note:Intel recommends using the IES (Verilog or VHDL) default library names when you create a library. You should name the IES software libraries as follows:

When you run the IES software independently from the Quartus^® Prime software, you should name your library work.
When you run the IES software automatically from the Quartus^® Prime software, your library is automatically named gate_work under the current project directory, and the work alias is mapped to the gate_work directory.

Edit the cds.lib and hdl.var files as follows:

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File Name	File Contents	Function
cds.lib	`DEFINE <work library> ./work DEFINE LPM <work library> DEFINE ALTERA_MF <work library>`	Maps the `<work library>` to the physical location of the work library, and the variables `LPM` and `ALTERA_MF` to the work library.
hdl.var	`DEFINE WORK <work library>`	Maps the IES variable WORK to the `<work library>`.

Note: If you compile a design for device families that have high-speed transceivers (HSSI), the cds.lib must map multiple logical libraries to a physical library that you designate. The VHDL warning message "Multiple logical libraries mapped to a single location" might appear; however, you may ignore this warning because it does not affect simulation. The cds.lib file must contain the following lines with <device family> replaced with the appropriate device family:

SOFTINCLUDE ${CDS_INST_DIR}/tools/inca/files/cdsvhdl.lib
SOFTINCLUDE ${CDS_INST_DIR}/tools/inca/files/cdsvlog.lib
DEFINE work ./<physical library name>
DEFINE <device family>_hssi ./<physical library name>
DEFINE <device family> ./<physical library name>
DEFINE lpm ./<physical library name>
DEFINE sgate ./<physical library name>

When defining library names, do not use library names that begin with numeric characters, for example, 220model.

To compile the appropriate project files and libraries into the work library, type the following commands at the command prompt from within the project directory:

ncvhdl /quartus/eda/sim_lib/altera_primitives.vhd   
ncvhdl /quartus/eda/sim_lib/altera_primitives_components.vhd     
ncvhdl -v93 -relax -work lpm  /quartus/eda/sim_lib/220pack.vhd  
ncvhdl -v93 -relax -work lpm /quartus/eda/sim_lib/220model.vhd  
ncvhdl -v93 -work altera_mf /quartus/eda/sim_lib/altera_mf.vhd  
ncvhdl -v93 -work altera_mf /quartus/eda/sim_lib/altera_mf_components.vhd  
ncvhdl<test bench file>  ncvhdl<design name>.vhd

To elaborate the design, type the following command at the command prompt:

ncelab<work library> . <top-level entity name>

To simulate the design, type the following command at the command prompt:

ncsim<work library> . <top-level entity name>