Article ID: 000098341 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 05/23/2025

** Error: (qrun-13321) name "<name>" is not an argument or file that the qrun tool recognizes

Environment

    Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
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Description

Due to a problem in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 24.1, you might see the qrun-13321 error during the simulator compilation stage when simulating a design using Questa* FPGA Edition or Siemens EDA QuestaSim* simulator with the Qrun flow option enabled. This error happens if any of the included paths in the automatically-generated modelsim_com.f file contains a space.

For example, with "./abcd/folder to include" or "./abcd/file to include.tcl", the simulation script will fail during the compilation stage.

Resolution

To work around this problem, perform one of the following solutions:

  • Rename the folder or file name containing spaces by removing or replacing the spaces. Then, re-generate the simulation scripts.
  • Simulate the design using the traditional flow by changing the ModelSim flow selection setting in GUI mode or batch (command-line) mode. Note that using the traditional flow will not benefit from the new Qrun flow.
    • In GUI mode, go to Tools > Options > Board and IP Settings > IP Simulation > ModelSim flow selection and select Traditional.
    • In batch (command-line) mode, go to your project directory and type one of the following commands in the shell window:
      • ip-make-simscript [args] --modelsim_flow=TRADITIONAL
      • qsys-generate [args] --modelsim_flow=TRADITIONAL

Type ip-make-simscript -help or qsys-generate -help to see all available mandatory and optional arguments ([args]).

This problem is fixed starting with the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 24.3.

Related Products

This article applies to 4 products

Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs
Intel Agilex® 7 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs
Intel® Arria® 10 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs
Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX FPGA

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