Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Third-party Simulation
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683870
Date
4/13/2022
Public
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1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Intel FPGA Simulation Basics
3. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim* , and QuestaSim* 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
3.1. Quick Start Example (ModelSim with Verilog)
3.2. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim, and QuestaSim Simulator Guidelines
3.3. ModelSim Simulation Setup Script Example
3.4. Sourcing ModelSim* or QuestaSim Simulator Setup Scripts
3.5. Unsupported Features
3.6. Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim* , and QuestaSim* Simulator Support Revision History
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
3.2.5. Viewing Simulation Waveforms
Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim, and QuestaSim simulators automatically generate a Wave Log Format File (.wlf) following simulation. You can use the .wlf to generate a waveform view.
To view a waveform from a .wlf through Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim, or QuestaSim, perform the following steps:
- Type vsim at the command line. The ModelSim, QuestaSim, or Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition dialog box appears.
- Click File > Datasets. The Datasets Browser dialog box appears.
- Click Open and select your .wlf.
- Click Done.
- In the Object browser, select the signals that you want to observe.
- Click Add > Wave, and then click Selected Signals.
You must first convert the .vcd to a .wlf before you can view a waveform in Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim, or QuestaSim.
- To convert the .vcd to a .wlf, type the following at the command-line:
vcd2wlf <example>.vcd <example>.wlf
- After conversion, view the .wlf waveform in Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition, ModelSim or QuestaSim.