Step 2: Starting Vivado with the Example Design - 2020.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tutorial: Design Flows Overview (UG888)

Document ID: UG888
Release Date: 2020-11-18
Version: 2020.2 English

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.