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  3. AR# 59667: Vivado/ModelSim - ModelSim fails on PLI (AXI BFM) with "Error: (vsim-3193)" and "Error: (vsim-PLI-3002)"

AR# 59667

Vivado/ModelSim - ModelSim fails on PLI (AXI BFM) with "Error: (vsim-3193)" and "Error: (vsim-PLI-3002)"

Description

When launching ModelSim from the Vivado IDE to perform AXI BFM behavioral simulation, the following error is seen:

# ** Error: (vsim-3193) Load of "C:/ProgramsMore/Xilinx/Vivado/2013.4/ids_lite/ISE/lib/nt/libxil_vsim.dll" failed: Bad DLL format.
#
# ** Error: (vsim-PLI-3002) Failed to load PLI object file "C:/ProgramsMore/Xilinx/Vivado/2013.4/ids_lite/ISE/lib/nt/libxil_vsim.dll".


Solution

This error occurs when the .do file generated by Vivado points to the 64-bit version of libxil_vsim.dll as shown below:

vsim -voptargs="+acc" -t 1ps -pli "C:/Xilinx/Vivado/2013.4/ids_lite/ISE/lib/nt64/libxil_vsim.dll" -L unisims_ver -L unimacro_ver -L secureip -lib work cdn_axi_bfm_0 glbl.

If you use the 32-bit version of ModelSim, the .do file has to point to 32-bit version of the DLL file.
Starting from Vivado 2013.3, you can use the below Tcl command to tell the tool that the ModelSim version being used is 32-bit.

set_property MODELSIM.64BIT 0 [current_fileset -simset]


If this does not work, an alternative work-around to try is to replace the above line in the .do file with the following:

vsim -voptargs="+acc" -t 1ps -pli "C:/Xilinx/Vivado/2013.4/ids_lite/ISE/lib/nt/libxil_vsim.dll" -L unisims_ver -L unimacro_ver -L secureip -lib work cdn_axi_bfm_0 glbl.

After editing the .do file, follow the below process:

1. Open a cmd prompt.

2. Run the following command:
Set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Xilinx\Vivado\2013.4\ids_lite\ISE\lib\nt
3. Launch 32-bit ModelSim from the command prompt.
 
4. Run the modified .do file in the console of ModelSim using the following command: 
do file_name.do

Linked Answer Records

Master Answer Records

Answer Number Answer Title Version Found Version Resolved
63841 Xilinx Simulation Solution Center - Design Assistant - Third Party Simulators - Modelsim/Questasim N/A N/A

Associated Answer Records

Answer Number Answer Title Version Found Version Resolved
57669 AXI BFM simulation with ModelSim fails because the .do script generated by Vivado points to a 64-bit version of the DLL which is incompatible wth 32-bit ModelSim N/A N/A
AR# 59667
Date 04/15/2015
Status Active
Type General Article
Devices
  • SoC
  • FPGA Device Families
Tools
  • Vivado Design Suite - 2013.4