Step 2: Starting Vivado with the Example Design - 2023.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tutorial: Design Flows Overview (UG888)

Document ID
UG888
Release Date
2023-10-19
Version
2023.2 English
  1. To open AMD 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 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.