- From the Getting Started page, select Open Project and browse to: <extract_dir>/lab_1/project_wave_gen_ip.
- Do one of the following:
- On Windows, select to launch the AMD Vivado™ Design Suite.
- As an alternative, click the Vivado
2026.1 Desktop icon to start the Vivado IDE.
The Vivado IDE Getting Started page, shown in the following figure, contains links to open or create projects and to view documentation.
- From the Open Project window, select project_wave_gen_ip.xpr, and click OK.
The design loads and you see the Vivado IDE in the default layout view, with the Project Summary information.
Because this is an RTL project, you can run behavioral simulation, elaborate the design, launch synthesis and implementation, and generate a bitstream for the device. The Vivado IDE also offers a one-button flow to generate a bitstream, automatically launching synthesis and implementation. For more information, refer to the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the Vivado IDE (UG893).