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sher1ock
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4 years ago
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Can't open msim.vcd

I'm having a problem running a simulation for school. I found someone with the exact same problem Here but the solution they found was linked to another forum that is now gone so I don't know how the...
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    sher1ock
    4 years ago

    Thank you! This gave me a place to start looking. Problem was with the settings in the initial setup wizard. It was set to use veralog with modelsim.

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sstrell
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4 years ago

The top lines in your file are pointing to ModelSim instead of Questa and show Verilog as the HDL instead of VHDL. Perhaps you have some settings wrong in Quartus for generating these files.

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    sher1ock
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    4 years ago

    I'm using modelsim though.

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      sstrell
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      4 years ago

      Well, something is mixed up somewhere because there's a mix of ModelSim and QuestaSim paths for some reason and a reference to Verilog even though you are using VHDL.

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        sher1ock
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        4 years ago

        Thank you! This gave me a place to start looking. Problem was with the settings in the initial setup wizard. It was set to use veralog with modelsim.