Quartus Settings File

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 I want to maintain a folder for constraints. I am using quartus in tcl mode. Is there any option in tcl, mentioning the exact path for constraints.   For Example :-  I have this directory structure like  RTL -> For all RTL Files Constraints -> Contains all the constraints Program -> Contains all the .sof and -.pof files.  I like to mention in .tcl file that the constraints are available in Constraints folder.. How do I do that,,,, Is there a solution for that ??/   Plz let me know...  Waiting for an early response.   Thanks, Sri.

[Altera_Forum]

Hope I've understood the question.  

I think you need to do the following...  set_global_assignment -name SDC_FILE Constraints/my_constraints.sdc export_assignments

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 Thanks a lot for the reply...   But What I need is .....  Can I read the settings file from a directory ??? ......  Let us say.....    If I write all the settings in a file named constraints.qsf which in a directory named Constraints /......  Now from the .tcl file can I intimate the tool to take the constraints.qsf file from the Constraints directory ....   Please let me know..   Thanks, Sri.

[Altera_Forum]

You may wish to consider breaking a bit from your traditional approach. What I have typically done is keep all the Quartus project files in one folder: 

 my_project  |  ---rtl (source code)  ---altera (.qsf,.qpf,.sdc)  ---generated (files generated by Quartus during compilation), you can specify this in the project assignments  Jake