Step 2: Add RTL Source Files - 2021.1 English

Vivado Design Suite Tutorial: Designing with IP (UG939)

Document ID
UG939
Release Date
2021-07-19
Version
2021.1 English

For this script, you will be copying all the RTL source files into the local project directory.

Because all the HDL files that you need are located in <extract_dir>/lab_3/sources, you can add the entire directory directly.

Add the following two lines to your script:
add_files -scan_for_includes ../Lab_3_4_sources/HDL
import_files

The -scan_for_includes option scans the Verilog source files for any `include statements, and also adds these referenced files as source files to the project. By default, `include files are not added to the fileset.

The use of ../Lab_3_4_sources provides a relative path for locating the source files from where the Tcl script is being run. Recall that the project_run.tcl script is being created in the <extract_dir>/lab_3 directory, so the ../Lab_3_4_sources folder is found in the directory above that.

The import_files command copies the files into the local project directory. When no files are specified, as is the case here, the Vivado® Design Suite imports files referenced in the source fileset for the current project.
Tip: You can reference source files from their original location by not importing the files by using the import_files command.