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Debugging a VHDL design
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vmap work library_2
ModelSim modifies the modelsim.ini file for you.
5 Start the simulator by selecting Design > Load New Design from the Main window, 
or by clicking the Load Design icon. The Load Design dialog box is displayed, as 
shown here.
6
Perform the following steps in this 
dialog box:
• Make sure that the simulator 
resolution is default. (The default 
resolution is ns.)
• Look in the Design Unit scroll 
box and select the configuration 
named test_adder_structural. 
• Click Load to accept the settings.
(PROMPT: vsim -t ns 
work.test_adder_structural)
7
To open all of the VSIM windows, 
enter the following command in the 
Main window at the VSIM prompt:
view *
(Main MENU: View > All)
ModelSim will open all the 
windows in the positions you 
left them at the end of the last 
exercise if no one has run the 
simulator since then.
8 Drag and drop the top-level signals to the List window in the following manner: make 
sure the hierarchy is not expanded (no minus boxes), select all signals in the Signals 
window with Edit > Select All, then drag the selected signals to the List window.
(Signals MENU: View > List > Signals in Region) (PROMPT: add list *)










