Using EDA Simulation Library Compiler in the Command Line

In the command line, enter:

quartus_sh --simlib_comp 
						-family <device family> 
						-tool <EDA tools> 
						-tool_path <path to simulation tool executable> 
						-language <verilog/vhdl> 
						-directory <output directory> 
						-log <filename> 
						-cmd_file <output_cmd file> 
						-suppress_messages

Table 1. Arguments for command-line EDA Simulation Library Compiler
Setting	Required	Values	Description
-family	Yes	Any device family all	The syntax is the device family name in lowercase letters, with no spaces, for example: `stratixiigx` All device families need to be compiled.
-tool	Yes	`activehdl \|ModelSim^® \|mentor_vhdl_only \|ncsim \|questasim \|rivierapro \| vcs \|vcsmx\|xcelium`	A supported third-party simulation tool. Note: `mentor_vhdl_only` represents all mentor simulators such as ModelSim^® PE, ModelSim^® SE, and QuestaSim that need to be simulated in VHDL-only mode. Note: No libraries are generated for VCS. Instead, a VCS options file,`simlib_comp.vcs`, is generated that specifies the library source files. Note: Global libraries are created for Active-HDL, but not for Riviera-PRO.
-tool_path	No	User-specified	Path to simulation tool executable.
-language	Yes	`verilog \| vhdl`	HDL language used for the simulation.
-directory	No	`User specified \| current` ( ./ )	Specifies an output directory for the compiled libraries. The default is the directory where you run the quartus_sh executable. Libraries are compiled into a single directory (<`directory`> /verilog_libs or <`directory`>/vhdl_libs) containing subdirectories for each of the compiled libraries. The subdirectory names for Verilog HDL libraries always contain the _ver suffix; whereas, the VHDL library directories have no suffix. For example: The Verilog HDL version of the altera_mf library is: <directory>/verilog_libs/altera_mf_ver and the VHDL version is: <directory>/vhdl_libs/altera_mf.
-log	No	<log file name>	Specifies the file in which to store all messages issued during compilation that were not suppressed with `-suppress_messages`. If this setting is not specified then a log file is not created.
-cmd_file	No	<output_cmd file>	The output file containing simulator commands used to compile the specified libraries.
-gen_only	No		Specifies that only the tool command script should be generated (i.e., the simulator should not be invoked to compile the libraries). If this option is specified, `-cmd_file` should also be specified. Note: The library setup files for vcsmx and ncsim will be created even when this option is on.
-suppress_messages	No		Specifies whether or not to suppress simulation-tool specific information and warning messages issued during compilation. This setting does not apply to tool-specific error messages. Messages that are suppressed do not appear in a log file, if one is created with the`-log <filename>` option.

Note:

For users of the VCS software: No libraries are generated for VCS. Instead, a VCS options file, simlib_comp.vcs, is generated that specifies the library source files.
For users of the Active-HDL software: Global libraries are created for the Active-HDL software.