Technical data

Structure window
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Within the Structure window, VHDL items are indicated by a box and Verilog items are
indicated by a circle.You can expand and contract the display to view the elements by clicking
on the boxes or circles at the left of the Window.
The first line of the VSIM Structure window indicates the top-level design unit being
simulated.
An instance name displayed in the Structure window consists of the following parts:
instantiation_label: entity(architecture)
where:
instantiation_label
Indicates the label assigned to the component instance in the component instantiation
statement. The top-level component uses “/” instead of an instantiation label.
entity
Indicates the name of the entity that has been instantiated.
architecture
Indicates the name of the architecture associated with the entity.
When you select a design level (by clicking on the name), Model
Sim
updates the Source and
Signals windows to match the region you selected. This feature provides a useful method for
finding the source code for a selected region; the system keeps track of the pathname where the
source is located and displays it automatically without the need for you to provide the
pathname.The Process window will also be updated if you have it set to
View Processes in
Region
.
For more information see Source window (p52), List window (p37), and Process window
(p45).