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16 years ago

Editing the Block diagram of a schematic

If I have a schematic and I goto File-> Create/Update-> Create symbol files for current file, it creates a block diagram of the schematic. The problem is that the position of the input/output p...
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16 years ago

Hello,

For joe306, you can have a project with bdf and simulate it with a third party simulator, this is not a problem. In Quartus you open the bdf file and then you click on File-> Create/Update -> Create HDL Design File for Current File

And Quartus will create a HDL file (with the component and port map) that you can use with ModelSim. This is what I do for my project.

Else, I find quite strange that bdf files are not very use, because it is far more easier to watch a system in a graphical way.

Jérôme