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What’s new in ModelSim 5.3
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New features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
GUI changes and new features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
New file types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Command and variable changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Documentation changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Find 5.2 features in the 5.3 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
ModelSim 5.3 incorporates change on many levels, includng a new, faster Wave window, performance analysis tools, new project and printing utilities, command enhancements, and reorganized documentation.
This reference organizes descriptions of these changes into six groups listed above. Links within the groups will connect you to more detail in the ModelSim
User’s Manual.
You will find references with the "CR" prefix in the new ModelSim Command
Reference, i.e., ModelSim Commands
(CR-9)
.
What
New features
Description
Performance Analyzer
Where (select a link)
Performance Analyzer is used to easily identify areas in your simulation where performance can be improved
ModelSim SE Performance
Analyzer
(7-119)
The Performance Analyzer is a feature of the ModelSim
Special Edition.
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Version
EE/SE
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What
Code Coverage
Wave window virtual objects
New features
Description
ModelSim projects direct waveform printing
Where (select a link)
Code Coverage gives you graphical and report file feedback on how the source code is being executed
ModelSim SE Code
Coverage
(8-133)
The Performance Analyzer is a feature of the ModelSim
Special Edition.
Wave window
(10-212)
new multi-pane window allows creation of signal groups and dividers, plus the addition of new panes for comparing previous simulations expands the idea of a user-defined bus; allows creation of virtual signals, functions, regions, and types an easy way to manage your simulation projects; what a ModelSim project is and how to create one print to a file or to printer directly from the Wave window
Virtual signals
Virtual regions
Virtual types
initialization
waveforms
(9-145)
Virtual functions
(9-146)
(9-147)
Projects and system
(3-43)
Printing and saving
(10-238)
,
(9-146)
,
,
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Version
EE/SE
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