Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VHDL file.
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Convert VHDL to another file type
To convert VHDL Hardware files to another format, you need Xilinx Vivado or other Developer software.
Convert a file to VHDL
To convert other file formats to the "Hardware Description Language File" file type, you need software like Xilinx Vivado or a similar tool.
About VHDL files
A .vhdl file is a source code file written in VHSIC Hardware Description Language (IEEE 1076 standard). It models the behavior and architecture of digital logic systems like FPGAs and ASICs. These files can be opened by basic text editors, but they are primarily used in specialized Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools like Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or the open-source GHDL. You can read more about it on Wikipedia. As a raw hardware description, a .vhdl file is essentially useless to non-engineers. It requires massive, expensive EDA software suites (often tens of gigabytes in size) to actually compile or synthesize into hardware logic. Users often need to convert VHDL to Verilog (v) for compatibility with different toolchains, or output to txt or pdf for code review and documentation. Code conversion between HDLs is notoriously difficult and can result in the loss of behavioral nuances or vendor-specific primitives. This file format is difficult to convert because migrating between hardware languages requires deep semantic understanding, not just syntax translation. Standard online converters fail completely because they lack specialized synthesis engines.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VHDL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VHDL file to DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT, X_T or X_B, you can use Xilinx Vivado or similar software from the "Hardware Description Source Code" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to VHDL, try Xilinx Vivado or another comparable tool in the "Hardware Description Source Code" category.
The VHDL Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VHDL converter.