3.4.1. Scripting with Tcl in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition…
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Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
GUI provides an easy way to access all features and commands that the software offers. However, as designs grow in resource utilization and complexity, the need to automate common tasks and streamline the entire FPGA design flow becomes a requirement.
The Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software provides support for Tcl to help facilitate project assignments, compilation, and constraints.
The Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software contains Tcl application program interface (API) functions that you can use to automate a variety of common tasks, such as making assignments, compiling designs, analyzing timing, and controlling simulation. You can run your Tcl scripts in the following ways:
