Altera Quartus II Scripting - Manual (Page 100)

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quartus_sim
Quartus II Scripting Reference Manual © July 2013 Altera Corporation
quartus_sim
The Quartus ® II Simulator tests and debugs the logical operation and internal timing of the design entities
in a project. The Simulator can perform two types of simulation: functional simulation and timing
simulation. The quartus_sim executable includes Tcl support.
You must generate a functional simulation netlist successfully before running a functional simulation. You
can generate a functional simulation netlist with the Generate Functional Simulation Netlist command
(Processing menu) or with the quartus_map --generate_functional_sim_netlist <project> command at the
command prompt.
The Timing Analyzer must be run successfully before running a timing simulation.
Usage
quartus_sim [-h | --help[=<option|topic>] | -v]
quartus_sim <project name> [<options>]
quartus_sim -t <script file> [<script args>]
quartus_sim -s
quartus_sim --tcl_eval <tcl command>
This command supports the following options: