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16 years ago

Gate level sim - EDA netlist writer won't run

I'm trying to run gate level simulation in modelsim on my design, but the EDA netlist writer will not run! If I simply start "EDA Gate Level Simulation" then "Analysis & Synthesis" is run (succ...
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16 years ago

Yes I understand that you need A&S, Fitter, Timing and Netlist writer to do gate level simulation. The issue is that they can't be run one after another, the absolutely only way (AFAIK) is to realize that you can just double-click "Compile Design". I previously thought that was only a group name in the flow.

The error message leads one into thinking you need to run them manually in a specific order, which is impossible. "Compile design" is the only way to do it.