Altera Quartus II Scripting - Manual (Page 87)

Chapter 2: Command-line Executables 2–61
quartus_sh
© July 2013 Altera Corporation Quartus II Scripting Reference Manual
--dse
THE ALTERA DESIGN SPACE EXPLORER (DSE)
The Design Space Explorer (DSE) is a tool for exploring the complex flow parameters in the Quartus ® II
software. DSE takes the guess work out of selecting parameter values and helps you determine the
optimal Quartus II software settings for a design.
Version
9.0
Synopsis
Usage
quartus_sh --dse [options]
Options:
-archive
-concurrent-compiles [0..6]
-custom-file <filename>
-decision-column <"column name">
-exploration-space <"space">
-ignore-failed-base
-llr-restructuring
-lower-priority
-lsf-queue <queue name>
-nogui
-optimization-goal <"goal">
-project <project name>
-report-all-resource-usage
-revision <revision name>
-run-power
-search-method <"method">
-seeds <seed list>
-skip-base
-slaves <"slave list">
-stop-after-time <dd:hh:mm>
-stop-after-zero-failing-paths
-use-lsf
Note: To use DSE in command-line mode, specify the "-nogui" option. If you do not specify this option, the
DSE graphical user interface (GUI) starts, regardless of the other command-line options used.
quartus_sh --dse
This command launches the DSE GUI.
quartus_sh --dse -nogui -project main
This command starts a default command-line exploration. The default seeds are used along with the
default exploration space, optimization goal, and search method.
quartus_sh --dse -nogui -project main -seeds 2,4,8-10
-exploration-space "Extra Effort Search"
This command starts a command-line exploration of an "Extra Effort Search" space using the seeds 2, 4, 8
through 10, the default optimization goal, and the default search method.
Options
-archive