"Error: Unrecognized switch use-quartus-top-names" while executing ip-setup-simulation command in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software v21.4

Description

Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software version 21.4, you might encounter the following error while executing command: ip-setup-simulation --use-quartus-top-names --quartus-project=<quartus_project_name>.qpf

Error: Unrecognized switch use-quartus-top-names

Resolution

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

1. Remove "--use-quartus-top-names" switch.
2. Add "set TOP_LEVEL_NAME <top_instance_name>" in run_<simulator>.do of the IP simulation script.

This problem has been fixed starting with the version 22.1 of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software releases.