Step 2: Starting Vivado with the Example Design - 2021.1 English

Vivado Design Suite Tutorial: Design Flows Overview

Document ID
UG888
Release Date
2020-07-08
Version
2021.1 English
  1. To open Vivado, do either of the following:
    • On Linux:
      1. Change to the directory where the lab materials are stored:
        cd <Extract_Dir>/Vivado_Tutorial
      2. Launch the Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell, and source a Tcl script to create the tutorial design:
        vivado -mode tcl -source create_bft_kintex7_batch.tcl
    • On Windows:
      1. Launch the Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell:

        Start > Xilinx Design Tools installation may be called something other than > Vivado <version> > Vivado <version> Tcl Shell

        Note: Your Vivado Design Suite Xilinx installation may be called Design Tools on the Start menu.
      2. In the Tcl shell, change to the directory where the lab materials are stored.
        Vivado% cd <Extract_Dir>/Vivado_Tutorial
      3. Source a Tcl script to create the design tutorial.
        Vivado% source create_bft_kintex7_batch.tcl

        After the sourced script has completed, the Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell, hereafter called the Tcl shell, displays the Tcl prompt: Vivado%



        You can enter additional Tcl commands from the Tcl prompt.