To set up a ModelSim project with command-line commands

  1. If you have not already done so, set up the ModelSim-Intel FPGA Edition working environment.
  2. Start the ModelSim software.
  3. Change to the directory where the ModelSim libraries are located after they are compiled.
  4. To create a new work library, type the following command at the ModelSim prompt: vlib work

    ModelSim compiles the design files to library work by default.

  5. To change the default library, type the following commands at the ModelSim prompt:
    vlib< user defined library >      
vmapwork< user defined library >
    Note: When you run the ModelSim software automatically from the Quartus® Prime software, your work library is automatically mapped to rtl_work for RTL simulation and gate_work for gate level simulation. The libraries are created in the <project directory>\simulation\modelsim directory or the location you specified in the Output directory box of the Simulation page in theSettings dialog box.
  6. Before performing a functional or timing simulation, you should map to libraries and compile design files with the ModelSim-Intel FPGA Edition software.

To continue the ModelSim-Intel FPGA Edition flow, you can perform a functional simulation with the ModelSim-Intel FPGA Edition software, and then you can perform a timing simulation with the ModelSim-Intel FPGA Edition software.