About Integrating Other EDA Tools

A complete FPGA design flow may include otherEDA tools in addition to the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software. The Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software supports loose or tight integration with many other industry standard EDA tools. You can setup and run these tools independently, or you can use the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition NativeLink feature to integrate your tool more seamlessly into the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition design flow. NativeLink automatically runs other EDA design entry/synthesis, simulation, and timing analysis tools from within the Quartus® Prime Standard Edition software.

Note: More information about other EDA synthesis and simulation tools is available on the Altera website. For more information about simulating designs with EDA simulators, refer to the Altera Training page of the Altera website.