Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Third-party Simulation
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683870
Date
3/31/2025
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Answers to Top FAQs
1. FPGA Simulation Basics
2. Siemens EDA QuestaSim* Simulator Support
3. Synopsys VCS* Support
4. Aldec Active-HDL and Riviera-PRO Support
5. Cadence Xcelium* Parallel Simulator Support
6. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide Third-party Simulation Archive
A. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
1.1. FPGA Simulation Essential Elements
1.2. Overview of Simulation Tool Flow
1.3. Simulation Tool Flow
1.4. Supported Simulation Flows
1.5. Supported Hardware Description Languages
1.6. Supported Simulation Types
1.7. Supported Simulators
1.8. Post-Fit Simulation Support by FPGA Family
1.9. Automating Simulation with the Run Simulation Feature
1.10. Using Precompiled Simulation Libraries
1.11. FPGA Simulation Basics Revision History
1.9.3.1. Specifying Required Simulation Settings for Run Simulation (Batch Mode)
1.9.3.2. Optional Simulation Settings for Run Simulation (Batch Mode)
1.9.3.3. Launching Simulation with the Run Simulation Feature
1.9.3.4. Running RTL Simulation using Run Simulation
1.9.3.5. Output Directories and Files for Run Simulation
1.3.3.2. Running the Simulation Library Compiler in a Terminal
You can run the Quartus® Prime Simulation Library Compiler in a terminal without launching the Quartus® Prime software GUI.
Note: If using supported third-party EDA simulators, you must first invoke your simulator's license before launching the Quartus® Prime software.
The following example command generates the Siemens EDA QuestaSim* compile.do simulation script that compiles all Verilog HDL simulation files for the specified Agilex™ 7 device family.
quartus_sh –simlib_comp -family agilex7 -tool questasim \ -language verilog -gen_only -cmd_file compile.do
To view all available command-line options, you can run the following command.
quartus_sh --help=simlib_comp
The following example command generates the QuestaSim* compile_q.do simulation script that compiles all Verilog HDL simulation files for the specified Agilex™ 7 device family, in a format that is compatible with Quartus® Prime software or Platform Designer generated simulation scripts.
quartus_sh –simlib_comp -mode quartus -family agilex7 -tool questasim \ -language verilog -gen_only -cmd_file compile_q.do