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Honored ContributorQuartus ii won't simulate Modelsim from a bdf file
I have successfully created a schematic and compiled it without any error. I can see that Quartus II created a *.vho file in modelsim/simulation directory. However when I ask for RTL sim, it says tha...
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Honored ContributorCorrect. Modelsim has no concept of schematics.
What you need to do is convert the .bdf to a HDL file. If I recall correctly, there is a button somewhere that does this - basically creates either a Verilog or VHDL file based on the block diagram which you can then use for simulation. You will also have to set the HDL file to be the top level block instead of the .bdf file so that when it compiles for simulation it uses the correct file.
