import_xise - 2021.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)

Document ID

UG835

Release Date

2021-10-22

Version

2021.2 English

Import XISE project file settings into the created project

Syntax

import_xise [‑copy_sources] [‑quiet] [‑verbose] <file>

Returns

True

Usage

Name	Description
`[-copy_sources]`	Copy all ISE sources into the created project
`[-quiet]`	Ignore command errors
`[-verbose]`	Suspend message limits during command execution
`<file>`	Name of the XISE project file to be imported

Description

Imports an ISE project file (XISE) into the current project. This allows ISE projects to be quickly migrated into the Vivado Design Suite for synthesis, simulation, and implementation. All project source files, constraint files, simulation files, and run settings are imported from the ISE project and recreated in the current project.

This command should be run on a new empty project. Since source files, constraints, and run settings are imported from the ISE project, any existing source files or constraints may be overwritten.

Arguments

-copy_sources - (Optional) Copy source files in the ISE project to the local project directory structure rather than referencing them from their current location. The default is to reference source files from their current location.

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.

Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.

-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.

Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<file> - (Required) The name of the ISE project file (.XISE) to be imported into the current project.

Examples

The following example creates a new project called importISE, and then imports the ISE project file (first_use.xise) into the new project.

create_project importISE C:/Data/importISE import_xise \
C:/Data/FPGA_design/ise_designs/drp_des/first_use.xise

Note: This example does not specify the -copy_sources argument, so all source files in the ISE project will be added to the current project by reference.