EDA Tool Settings Page (Settings Dialog Box)

You open this page by clicking EDA Tool Settings in the Settings: dialog box.

You can optionally integrate supported EDA synthesis, netlist partitioning, simulation, and signal integrity verification tools into the Quartus® Prime design flow.

The EDA Tool Settings page allows you to specify supported third-party tools and options to perform the design entry/synthesis, simulation, or board-level signal integrity analysis portions of the overall design flow. After specifying a supported third-party tool, the Quartus® Prime can automatically generate integration files to interface with your third-party tool each time you run a full compilation or run the EDA Netlist Writer.

The following options are available:

Table 1. EDA Tool Settings Page Options (Settings Dialog Box)
Option Description
Run EDA Netlist Writer during compilation Automatically runs the EDA Netlist Writer to generate third-party tool integration files each time you run full compilation.
Design entry/synthesis
Tool name The available options are:
  • Precision Synthesis
  • Synplify
  • Synplify Pro
Simulation
Tool name The available options are:
  • Active-HDL
  • Riviera-Pro
  • QuestaSim
  • Questa Intel FPGA
  • VCS
  • VCS MX
  • Custom
  • Xcelium
Format for output netlist The available options are:
  • Verilog HDL
  • VHDL
Output directory Specifies the directory that saves the generated third-party tool integration files after running EDA Netlist Writer. By default, board/<format>/.
Map illegal HDL characters Directs the EDA Netlist Writer to map illegal characters for VHDL or Verilog HDL. By default, simulation/<vendor name>/
Board-level signal integrity analysis
Format The only available option is IBIS.
IBIS version You can specify either 4.2 or 5.0.
Output directory Specifies the directory that saves the generated third-party tool integration files after running EDA Netlist Writer. By default, board/<format>/
Enable model selector Enables the model selector option.
Enable extended model selector Enables the extended model selector option.
Print per pin RLC package model with mutual coupling Prints a per pin RLC package model with mutual coupling.